Mayor Brandon Johnson announced six new Chicago Board of Education appointees, including Jianan Shi, the executive director of Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, Mary Fahey Hughes, a special education advocate and more.
“This is an honor, privilege and responsibility that I do not take lightly,” Shi said in a statement Wednesday. “I want to thank Mayor Johnson and his entire administration for the opportunity to be the hardest working board member CPS has ever seen.”
“It’s my honor to bring together such a diverse group of people from community, business, philanthropy and elsewhere to collaborate around a vision for our schools that ensures every student has access to a fully resourced, supportive, and nurturing learning environment,” Johnson said in a statement.
Shi, who said he’ll be stepping down from Raise Your Hand in order to lead the board, sais he’s “ecstatic” to be working with the new board members, each of whom have “deep connections to the community.”
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