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Chi Arts staff and teaching artists urge CPS to guarantee jobs, funding as district assumes management
Summary
Multiple Chi Arts teachers, parents and teaching artists told the Chicago Board of Education that philanthropy cannot sustain the school’s conservatory model and demanded written guarantees on staffing, health coverage and program continuity as CPS takes over management.
Vice President Olga Bautista opened the Chicago Board of Education’s agenda review meeting on Jan. 14, 2026, where a prolonged public comment period centered on the future of the Chicago High School for the Arts (Chi Arts) after the district agreed to assume management.
Megan Riley, a math teacher and department head at Chi Arts, told the board the conservatory model cannot be supported by private philanthropy and urged the district to commit public funds to preserve the school’s pre‑professional arts programming. “Do not expect to be able to support the conservatory model through…
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