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Parents, students and organizers urge CPS on transportation, restorative justice and North River expansion at bond hearing
Summary
During the Dec. 18 hearing, public speakers urged the board to address transportation barriers at Whittier Elementary, provide discreet lice-treatment resources, invest in accessibility, adopt a youth-led restorative-justice pipeline, and support North River Elementary's requested expansion and program growth.
Speakers at the Chicago Board of Education Bond Issue Notification Act hearing on Dec. 18, 2025, used their allotted public-comment time to press the board on school-level needs spanning transportation, health, accessibility and program expansion.
Genova Isguerra, who identified herself as a CPS alum and a Whittier Elementary parent, told the board "nearly 30 percent of the students who transfer out of Whittier do so because they lack reliable transportation to and from school." She urged the district to amend transportation policies and called for…
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