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Chicago Board of Education votes to enter closed session, extends LSC candidate deadline

Chicago Board of Education · January 21, 2026
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Summary

At a Jan. 20 special meeting the Chicago Board of Education voted 17-0 to enter closed session under the Illinois Open Meetings Act, announced a one-week extension to the LSC candidate application deadline (to Jan. 27), reconvened with no reportable actions and then adjourned.

The Chicago Board of Education voted unanimously to begin a closed session at a Jan. 20, 2026 special meeting and announced a one-week extension to the Local School Council (LSC) candidate application deadline.

President Harden opened the meeting and announced the board was extending the LSC candidate application deadline by one week to Jan. 27 and…

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