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Chicago school board hears urgent pleas over ICE activity and student safety; district outlines command center and limits on remote learning
Summary
Interim Superintendent Macklin King and Acting CEDO Alfonso Carmona told the board Oct. 23 that CPS has activated a command center and daily triage calls to support schools facing increased federal enforcement, while board members and parents urged stronger steps including safe-passage funding and access to remote learning.
Interim Superintendent Macklin King told the Chicago Board of Education on Oct. 23 that the district has set up a command center and convenes twice-daily meetings to coordinate responses after a recent rise in federal enforcement activity that school communities say is creating fear. “We have set up a command center within our student safety center to help streamline responses, and reduce delays in communication,” King said.
Board members and speakers during public participation described schools and neighborhoods where parents and students are afraid to travel to and from school because of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. Board member Lopez said she has been “on the ground” in Little Village and Brighton Park and called the situation “an…
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