FY2021 CPS BUDGET OVERVIEW PUBLIC HEARING August 18, … · 2020. 8. 18. · Chicago, Illinois (312) 263-0052 McCorkle Litigation Services, Inc. 3 1 (Whereupon, the following 2 proceedings

Chicago, Illinois (312) 263-0052McCorkle Litigation Services, Inc.

1

FY2021 CPS BUDGET OVERVIEW

PUBLIC HEARING

(Zoom)

held on

August 18, 2020

STENOGRAPHIC REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

had in the above-entitled cause held virtually

via Zoom, commencing at 6:02 p.m.

MR. MIGUEL del VALLE, presiding

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

MR. MIGUEL del VALLE, President

MR. SENDHIL REVULURI, Vice President

MS. LUISIANA MELENDEZ

MS. AMY ROME

MR. LUCINO SOTELO

MS. ELIZABETH TODD-BRELAND

MR. DWAYNE TRUSS

Reported By: Karen Fatigato, CSR

License No.: 084-004072


2

1 ALSO PRESENT:

2 DR. JANICE JACKSON, Chief Executive

3 Officer

4 MR. JOSEPH MORIARTY, General

5 Counsel

6 MS. LaTANYA McDADE, Chief Education

7 Officer

8 MR. ARNIE RIVERA, Chief Operating Officer

9 MS. ESTELA BELTRAN, Secretary to the

10 Board

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24


3

1 (Whereupon, the following

2 proceedings commenced at

3 18:02:22 6:02 p.m.)

4 18:02:22 PRESIDENT del VALLE: Good evening,

5 18:02:25ladies and gentlemen. I am Miguel del Valle, on

6 18:02:28behalf of my fellow Board members, welcome to

7 18:02:31the first Budget Hearing. Today is August 18th,

8 18:02:352020. We are holding the first Budget Hearing

9 18:02:40electronically via Zoom. The purpose of this

10 18:02:44first hearing is to comply with the School Code

11 18:02:47provisions regarding the FY21 Budget.

12 18:02:50 Madam Secretary, please state for the

13 18:02:52record the notice procedure for this hearing.

14 18:02:56 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you,

15 18:02:56Mr. President.

16 18:02:57 Notice of this public hearing was

17 18:02:59published in the Chicago Sun-Times, a newspaper

18 18:03:02of general circulation in the City of Chicago,

19 18:03:04and posted at Board Room, Principal Office and

20 18:03:0842 West Madison Street lobby on August 11, 2020.

21 18:03:12Notice was also posted on the CPSBOE.ORG and

22 18:03:16CPS.EDU websites on August 11, 2020.

23 18:03:21 I will now read into the record the

24 18:03:23public notice as published:


4

1 18:03:27 Notice: Public hearings FY21 Budget

2 18:03:30for the 2020-21 Fiscal Year, Chicago Board of

3 18:03:35Education, commonly known as Chicago Public

4 18:03:36Schools.

5 18:03:36 To Whom It May Concern: Public notice

6 18:03:39is hereby given by -- hereby given by the

7 18:03:42Chicago Board of Education that it has prepared

8 18:03:44an FY21 Budget for the 2020-21 Fiscal Year in

9 18:03:49tentative form, and that five copies thereof,

10 18:03:52available for public inspection, have been filed

11 18:03:54and are now on file in the Office of the Board

12 18:03:57of Education of the City of Chicago, commonly

13 18:03:59known as Chicago Public Schools, 1 North

14 18:04:02Dearborn Street, Suite 950, Chicago, Illinois,

15 18:04:0560602, and available at www.cps.edu/budget and

16 18:04:13that said Board of Education will hold two

17 18:04:15public hearings upon said Budget:

18 18:04:17 Date: Tuesday August 18th, 2020.

19 18:04:20 Hearing time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

20 18:04:23 Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2020.

21 18:04:26 Hearing time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

22 18:04:29 Pursuant to the Gubernatorial Disaster

23 18:04:32Proclamation dated July 24, 2020 and to protect

24 18:04:36the public's health in response to the COVID-19


5

1 18:04:39pandemic, the public will have access to the

2 18:04:41meeting via livestream at cpsboe.org. And the

3 18:04:47public participation segment will be held via an

4 18:04:48electronic format -- platform, I'm sorry.

5 18:04:50 For these two public hearings advance

6 18:04:52registration to speak will begin on Tuesday,

7 18:04:54August 11, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. and will close on

8 18:04:58Friday, August 14th, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. or until

9 18:05:01all 30 slots have been filled for each hearing,

10 18:05:04whichever occurs first. Advance registration

11 18:05:11during this period is available by the following

12 18:05:13methods: Online at www.cpsboe.org or by phone

13 18:05:19at (312) 989-7313.

14 18:05:22 The public participation segments of

15 18:05:22the public hearings will conclude after the last

16 18:05:27person who has signed in to register to speak

17 18:05:27has spoken or at 8:00 p.m. on August 18th or

18 18:05:316:00 p.m. on August 19th, whichever occurs

19 18:05:33first. Members of the public may submit public

20 18:05:36comments related to the FY 21 Budget via written

21 18:05:38comments form, on the Board's website at

22 18:05:40www.cpsboe.org or mailed to 1 North Dearborn,

23 18:05:45Suite 950, by 5:00 p.m., Thursday, August 20th,

24 18:05:492020.


6

1 18:05:50 Dated at Chicago, Illinois, August 10,

2 18:05:522020, Chicago Board of Education. By: Miguel

3 18:05:55del Valle, President. Attested by Estela G.

4 18:05:59Beltran, Secretary.

5 18:06:01 Mr. President, I would now like to note

6 18:06:03the members that are present here today.

7 18:06:06 We have member Rome? Member Rome?

8 18:06:08 MEMBER ROME: Yes.

9 18:06:12 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Member Melendez?

10 18:06:16 MEMBER MELENDEZ: Here.

11 18:06:18 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Vice President

12 18:06:20Revuluri?

13 18:06:20 VICE PRESIDENT REVULURI: Present.

14 18:06:22 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Member

15 18:06:23Todd-Breland?

16 18:06:23 MEMBER TODD-BRELAND: Here.

17 18:06:27 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Member Truss?

18 18:06:29 MEMBER TRUSS: Here.

19 18:06:31 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Member Sotelo.

20 18:06:32 MEMBER SOTELO: Here.

21 18:06:33 SECRETARY BELTRAN: And President del

22 18:06:36Valle?

23 18:06:36 PRESIDENT del VALLE: Here.

24 18:06:43 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you. We have


7

1 18:06:43seven members present, there is a quorum.

2 18:06:46 Mr. President, I would also like to

3 18:06:47acknowledge Dr. Janice Jackson, our CEO; Joseph

4 18:06:53Moriarty, our General Counsel, who is physically

5 18:06:56present in the Board room; LaTanya McDade, our

6 18:07:00Chief Education Officer; and Arnie Rivera, our

7 18:07:04Chief Operating Officer. Thank you.

8 18:07:06 PRESIDENT del VALLE: Thank you.

9 18:07:07 Let's begin with the FY21 Budget

10 18:07:11presentation. Heather Wendell, please proceed.

11 18:07:16 MS. WENDELL: Thank you. Give me a

12 18:07:37moment, I'm trying to find my screen here.

13 18:08:02There we go.

14 18:08:03 Thank you for that, Mr. President, and

15 18:08:06good evening to members of the Board. I am

16 18:08:08pleased to provide an overview of the proposed

17 18:08:11FY21 Budget for you this evening.

18 18:08:17 So the FY21 Budget reflects a first of

19 18:08:20its kind community engagement process that was

20 18:08:23issued under the leadership of Mayor Lori

21 18:08:26Lightfoot and CEO Jackson. We engaged this

22 18:08:29winter in a really robust community engagement

23 18:08:32dialogue around school funding and other

24 18:08:34elements. We engaged with over 500 community


8

1 18:08:37members across six school funding workshops in

2 18:08:40January and February and also engaged a working

3 18:08:42group that was comprised of parents, principals,

4 18:08:44school funding experts, budget members -- or,

5 18:08:47I'm sorry, Board members, members of the Budget

6 18:08:50Office and other District leadership to solicit

7 18:08:52feedback and turn that into actionable

8 18:08:54recommendations that really helped inform and

9 18:08:57drive some of the key investments and decisions

10 18:09:00that this budget reflects. Those include:

11 18:09:02 $100,000 for all neighborhood schools

12 18:09:05and economic hardship areas through an FY2021

13 18:09:09equity grant. So there was additional funding

14 18:09:11that was put in this year informed specifically

15 18:09:12by the community engagement.

16 18:09:14 Additional supports for principals and

17 18:09:16LSCs in relation to funding and allocation

18 18:09:19decisions.

19 18:09:19 And an ongoing District commitment to

20 18:09:21stakeholder engagement around school funding.

21 18:09:23 The presentation materials, as well as

22 18:09:26the full report outlining all of the

23 18:09:28recommendations, can be found on the CPS

24 18:09:30website. And I'd like to take some time to


9

1 18:09:33start by walking through some of those key

2 18:09:35investments as reflected in the '21 proposal.

3 18:09:44 So the FY21 Budget reflects a District

4 18:09:48allocation of $75 million in resources

5 18:09:50specifically to address challenges created by

6 18:09:52COVID. This includes supports for models of

7 18:09:56varying types, including both the remote

8 18:09:59learning model and in preparation for a return

9 18:10:01to in-person learning via hybrid model.

10 18:10:06Allocations include support for computing

11 18:10:07devices, cleaning supplies, PPE and additional

12 18:10:09items that will allow us to provide these

13 18:10:12instructional models successfully.

14 18:10:14 Also included in the budget is an

15 18:10:16investment of $653 million for building

16 18:10:19improvements at more than 250 schools.

17 18:10:22 Several of the priority projects

18 18:10:24include over $306 million to address facility

19 18:10:27needs and strengthen high-quality neighborhood

20 18:10:30schools throughout the city.

21 18:10:31 202 million in building improvements to

22 18:10:34support modern science labs, pre-K classrooms

23 18:10:35and spaces that are necessary to support our

24 18:10:38continued investment in new high-quality


10

1 18:10:41academic programs.

2 18:10:42 And an additional commitment around the

3 18:10:44launch of a five-year multi-million dollar

4 18:10:48investment to improve ADA accessibility.

5 18:10:52 Additional investments this year

6 18:10:55reflect what we provided to school leaders in

7 18:10:58their budgets in April. And so continuing for

8 18:11:02the third straight year that our school leaders

9 18:11:05and school communities receive their annual

10 18:11:07allocations in spring with funding levels that

11 18:11:10are guaranteed against whatever fall enrollment

12 18:11:13changes they had. The school budgets as

13 18:11:14provided to school communities in April and as

14 18:11:17reflected in this combined budget proposal

15 18:11:20reflect over $125 million in new investments.

16 18:11:23This includes growing the investment in the

17 18:11:26District's equity grant to 44 million this year,

18 18:11:29including the component that highlights --

19 18:11:32specifically provides additional support for

20 18:11:35students in economic hardship zones increasing

21 18:11:38special education funding by 97 million, which

22 18:11:40is the District's single largest increase in

23 18:11:44investment in that area.

24 18:11:45 An additional $18 million to continue


11

1 18:11:47the expansion of our full-day pre-K programming.

2 18:11:50 Investments in specific targeted FTE

3 18:11:53and other human resource investments. So we're

4 18:11:57providing an additional position for 30

5 18:12:00high-need schools that will fund restorative

6 18:12:02justice coordinators, librarians, additional

7 18:12:05counselors or other positions that are aligned

8 18:12:07to specific school needs.

9 18:12:09 We're continuing the District's

10 18:12:12multi-year investments in case managers by

11 18:12:15adding an additional 40 FTE. Similarly the

12 18:12:19commitment that was made to continue to grow

13 18:12:19nurse and social work positions, we're adding an

14 18:12:22additional 55 nurses and 44 social workers,

15 18:12:24which will allow us to reach an all-time high in

16 18:12:28FTE count for each of those positions.

17 18:12:35 Additional investments reflected in the

18 18:12:37proposed budget include funding for the School

19 18:12:39Resource Officers, which will be reduced in FY21

20 18:12:43by 18 million, which is a cut of over 50 percent

21 18:12:46compared to last year's budget.

22 18:12:48 The FY21 Budget also includes $353

23 18:12:53million of anticipated Federal funding to close

24 18:12:54the short-term budget gap that's been created by


12

1 18:12:57the COVID-19 crises.

2 18:12:59 The anticipated Federal revenue

3 18:13:01represents a conservative estimate of the

4 18:13:03potential fundings. Proposals continue to be

5 18:13:06worked out both on the K-12 funding packages,

6 18:13:10understanding that the funding would well exceed

7 18:13:13the amount that we've included in our budget

8 18:13:15here.

9 18:13:16 And the Stabilization Funding provides

10 18:13:17the necessary support to cover emergency

11 18:13:20expenses, including those related to remote

12 18:13:23learning and the eventual school opening, and as

13 18:13:26well as stabilizing and short-term losses in

14 18:13:28anticipated revenue that's driven by the State's

15 18:13:30financial position augmented by the ongoing

16 18:13:32pandemic.

17 18:13:36 Moving on now to slide 6, we're going

18 18:13:39to talk a little bit more about the various

19 18:13:41components of the budget. Slide 6 provides --

20 18:13:45the chart on the side there provides an overall

21 18:13:48view of the three major components of our

22 18:13:51budget, the majority of the funding within the

23 18:13:53budget proposals for our operating dollars,

24 18:13:55which represent 6.9 billion or 83 percent of the


13

1 18:13:59budget. This primarily pays for our day-to-day

2 18:14:02operations and is funded through local tax

3 18:14:04revenues and State and Federal funding.

4 18:14:05 The Operating Budget includes $3.7

5 18:14:09billion in salary and benefits, as well as 886

6 18:14:12million in teacher pension contributions.

7 18:14:14 The next largest piece of the budget is

8 18:14:17the Capital Investment at $758 million or 9

9 18:14:21percent of the budget. And the Capital Budget

10 18:14:24pays for both renovations and expansions of

11 18:14:26existing schools, as well as other associated

12 18:14:29capital facilities costs. Eighty-five percent

13 18:14:32of the funds within the Capital Funding are

14 18:14:35generated from the issuance of bonds.

15 18:14:35 And finally, the third component of the

16 18:14:37proposed budget is the Debt Service Funding, and

17 18:14:39this is 711 million in FY21, representing 8

18 18:14:44percent of the overall budget. The Debt Service

19 18:14:46Funding is necessary to pay interest in

20 18:14:48principals on bonds. And these -- this cost is

21 18:14:51primarily funded through State revenues and

22 18:14:54personal property replacement taxes.

23 18:15:00 Moving on now to slide 7 to focus a

24 18:15:02little bit more specifically on the Operating


14

1 18:15:04Budget, slide 7 provides the breakdown of our

2 18:15:08sources of revenue. State revenues comprise 27

3 18:15:13percent of the overall operating revenues that

4 18:15:15we as a District receive. The State revenues

5 18:15:18come in at about 1.85 billion, and this includes

6 18:15:22the funding under the evidence-based funding

7 18:15:24formula, teacher pension normal costs and some

8 18:15:27categorical grants.

9 18:15:29 The State revenue in Illinois, and CPS

10 18:15:32in particular, represents a lower portion of

11 18:15:33overall operating revenues in other districts,

12 18:15:35which increases the reliance on local revenues

13 18:15:38which represent the largest portion of our

14 18:15:40funding. Local revenues represent 54 percent of

15 18:15:44our overall operating costs at about $3.75

16 18:15:48billion. And this is comprised of local

17 18:15:50sources, primarily property taxes, personal

18 18:15:52property replacement tax and TIF surplus.

19 18:15:55 The third component of our revenue on

20 18:15:58the Operating Budget is the Federal dollars,

21 18:16:01which represents an increase this year in a

22 18:16:04higher proportion inclusive of the Federal

23 18:16:06Stabilization Fund Assumptions. We're

24 18:16:09anticipating $1.3 billion in Federal funding


15

1 18:16:13this year, representing about 19 percent of the

2 18:16:14budget. This includes both the ongoing title

3 18:16:17and categorical funding under Lunchroom and

4 18:16:19Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

5 18:16:22funding and as well as, as I mentioned,

6 18:16:25anticipated Federal revenues under the CARES Act

7 18:16:27and the secondary funding for Stabilization.

8 18:16:36 Looking now at the Operating Budget by

9 18:16:38location, the chart on here illustrates where

10 18:16:42the funds in the Operating Budget are

11 18:16:45directly -- what area of the work they are

12 18:16:48directly impacting. You can see that the

13 18:16:52District schools receive 48 percent of the

14 18:16:54overall Operating Budget directly allocated out

15 18:16:57to schools, with another 36 percent of funding

16 18:16:59coming through the city-wide budget for services

17 18:17:02that are budgeted centrally but directly impact

18 18:17:06school's operations.

19 18:17:07 Finally, charter school allocations at

20 18:17:0911 percent also support their day-to-day

21 18:17:13operations very similar to the District schools

22 18:17:15and city-wide services. Those are dollars that

23 18:17:18are provided to them to operate under their

24 18:17:21budgeting structure.


16

1 18:17:23 All told, 95 percent of the Operating

2 18:17:25Budget directly supports schools across the

3 18:17:29District allocations, the city-wide allocations

4 18:17:31and the charter school funding. The remaining

5 18:17:34less than 5 percent supports the Central Office

6 18:17:37and Network costs associated with this work.

7 18:17:49 While the previous slide shows the

8 18:17:51Operating Budget by location, slide 9 provides

9 18:17:54an illustration of how the dollars are allocated

10 18:17:57by account. The gray portion as well as the

11 18:17:59brown portion of this graph represent the

12 18:18:03teacher salaries and teacher pension with the

13 18:18:05blue benefits piece as well showing those are

14 18:18:08the largest proportions of our Operating Budget.

15 18:18:10And across teacher salaries and benefits, as

16 18:18:14well as ESP salaries and benefits, salaries and

17 18:18:17benefits total comprise about 77 percent of the

18 18:18:20overall Operating Budget. This also includes

19 18:18:22the charter tuition, which primarily funds their

20 18:18:25salary and benefits for their staff.

21 18:18:27 The remaining 23 percent of the budget

22 18:18:29is a combination of non-personnel expenses that

23 18:18:32include things like instructional supplies,

24 18:18:34equipment, software, transportation, minor


17

1 18:18:36building repair, as well as contractual services

2 18:18:39that provide additional head count and resources

3 18:18:42directly into schools, like the Facilities

4 18:18:44Management and the Safe Passage contracts.

5 18:18:52 Slide 10 provides another view of the

6 18:18:54Operating Budget investments, this time by FTEs.

7 18:18:58The yellow portion of this represents the

8 18:19:00largest portion of our investment, teachers.

9 18:19:03Over 20,000 FTE positions where the teachers are

10 18:19:07funded through the Operating Budget, followed

11 18:19:09closely by school support staff at just over

12 18:19:1211,000.

13 18:19:13 Additionally, city-wide student support

14 18:19:15is the third blue piece of this graph, which

15 18:19:19represents about 5,000 positions.

16 18:19:22 All told, the CPS FY21 Budget includes

17 18:19:25over 39,000 FTEs, and 97 percent of these

18 18:19:28directly support schools. The teacher, school

19 18:19:33support staff and school administrators make up

20 18:19:3684 percent of the employees, while another 13

21 18:19:38percent provide the city-wide services that are

22 18:19:41staff budgeted centrally but sent to schools on

23 18:19:43a daily basis. Less than 3 percent of the

24 18:19:45positions overall are Central Office


18

1 18:19:47administrative positions.

2 18:19:55 Moving on to slide 11, the chart in

3 18:19:57front of you highlights the District's net cash

4 18:20:01position. And despite an improved overall

5 18:20:04financial position, the District still continues

6 18:20:06to need to borrow to meet cash obligations. The

7 18:20:10gray line in the center represents zero, and as

8 18:20:13you can see since 2014 the District has

9 18:20:15consistently ended the year with a negative cash

10 18:20:19position, including June 30th, FY2020, the last

11 18:20:22ending fiscal year. We're also projecting a net

12 18:20:25negative cash position during the majority of

13 18:20:28FY21.

14 18:20:33 Now looking specifically at the debt

15 18:20:35service component of the proposed budget, the

16 18:20:37bar chart on slide 12 illustrates the District's

17 18:20:40long-term debt. To date we have $8.1 billion in

18 18:20:45outstanding debt that supports the capital

19 18:20:48projects. In FY2021, the proposed $711 million

20 18:20:53to service that longstanding debt.

21 18:21:01 Moving on to slide 13 and looking into

22 18:21:04pension costs, the pension costs as illustrated

23 18:21:07on slide 13 show the State contributions there

24 18:21:11in the green bars, as well as the comparison to


19

1 18:21:13the Chicago pensions in the blue bars. While

2 18:21:16funding in both cases has increased over the

3 18:21:18recent years, the allocations are represented

4 18:21:22here as per student costs. And you can see that

5 18:21:24there continues to be an inequity between

6 18:21:27Chicago and other school districts in Illinois

7 18:21:28and how pensions are funded and at what level.

8 18:21:32 Outside of Chicago districts receive

9 18:21:33the equivalent of about $3200 per student for

10 18:21:38their pension costs. And within the City of

11 18:21:41Chicago we expect to receive in FY21 the

12 18:21:45equivalent of about $742 per student for our

13 18:21:49pension.

14 18:21:54 Continuing with pension costs, this

15 18:21:56chart shows that the teacher pension obligation

16 18:21:59will continue to grow for the next 40 years

17 18:22:01through FY2059. And even though the State only

18 18:22:05provides a portion of the funding, we will have

19 18:22:07a dedicated property tax revenue -- we now have

20 18:22:11a dedicated property tax levy that will grow

21 18:22:14over the next 10 to 15 years to meet that

22 18:22:17obligation without diverting operating dollars

23 18:22:20to the costs. So while the costs on the CPS

24 18:22:22side will continue to escalate, we have a


20

1 18:22:25dedicated revenue strain which will allow us to

2 18:22:27meet those obligations.

3 18:22:34 Understanding that the Operating Budget

4 18:22:36as proposed includes Federal Stabilization

5 18:22:38Funding, we are providing some -- we have looked

6 18:22:42at options for balancing the budget in the

7 18:22:45absence of the Federal support coming in at the

8 18:22:48levels that we fully anticipate. Utilizing

9 18:22:50financial strategies, including debt service,

10 18:22:53stabilization funds and grant contingencies,

11 18:22:56would allow us access to onetime funding options

12 18:22:58to cover costs in FY2021. However, this will

13 18:23:01have a significant impact on the District's

14 18:23:02financial position in FY22 and would likely

15 18:23:05require us to revisit funding decisions as the

16 18:23:07budget as proposed utilizes stabilization

17 18:23:11funding to fully fund schools and department

18 18:23:12functions. It is essential for the Federal

19 18:23:14government to protect schools across the

20 18:23:16country, and we have every reason to believe

21 18:23:19that the Stabilization dollars will allow us to

22 18:23:21do just that.

23 18:23:27 Finally, looking into the Capital

24 18:23:29Budget component of the proposed budget, we are


21

1 18:23:32including in our proposed plan an overall

2 18:23:35investment of $758 million in FY21 for capital.

3 18:23:41This includes two primary areas that are our

4 18:23:45largest areas of investment around facility

5 18:23:45needs at 314 million and educational programming

6 18:23:48at 202.

7 18:23:50 The educational programming allows us

8 18:23:52to continue to provide the capital investments

9 18:23:54necessary for the continued expansion of pre-K,

10 18:23:57the ADA accessibility, other upgrades around

11 18:24:01science labs and other facility needs that allow

12 18:24:04us to continue to engage in increasing our

13 18:24:08programmatic offerings under the RFP and align

14 18:24:13to other academic priorities.

15 18:24:16 Finally, the Capital Plan Funding

16 18:24:18Strategy reflects $653 million in guaranteed

17 18:24:22resources. These are backed by our anticipated

18 18:24:24bond offerings and other committed funding

19 18:24:28sources. The plan also includes 50 million in

20 18:24:30State funding for the construction of a new

21 18:24:33school, as well as 55 million in other potential

22 18:24:35external funding for the total of 758 as

23 18:24:38reflected in the budget proposal.

24 18:24:41 Mr. President, that concludes the


22

1 18:24:42presentation.

2 18:24:44 PRESIDENT del VALLE: Thank you,

3 18:24:47Heather.

4 18:24:47 Board members, any comments or

5 18:24:49questions?

6 18:24:57 If there aren't any, at this time let's

7 18:24:59now proceed with today's public comment segment.



10 18:25:07 For the record I would like to note

11 18:25:09that registration for the public hearing began

12 18:25:11on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. and

13 18:25:16closed on Friday, August 14th, at -- 2020 at

14 18:25:205:00 p.m. or until all 30 slots filled or

15 18:25:23whichever occurred first.

16 18:25:24 Individuals who registered to speak

17 18:25:26will have two minutes to comment. In order to

18 18:25:30facilitate and expedite the public comment

19 18:25:33segment, I will be calling speakers out of order

20 18:25:36and grouping them. Members of the public may

21 18:25:38submit written comments related to the FY21

22 18:25:42tentative budget via the written comments form

23 18:25:45on the Board's website at www.cpsboe.org or mail

24 18:25:53to 1 North Dearborn, Suite 950, by 5:00 p.m.,


23

1 18:25:57Thursday, August 20th, 2020.

2 18:25:59 This hearing will conclude after the

3 18:26:01last person who has registered to speak has

4 18:26:04spoken or at 8:00 p.m., whichever occurs first.

5 18:26:10When called, please state your name for the

6 18:26:10record.

7 18:26:13 And, Mr. President, I will start by

8 18:26:15calling the first speaker on the speakers' list.

9 18:26:18We have Anna Ihana please. Anna Ihana.

10 18:26:39 We'll continue with the second speaker,

11 18:26:42Mr. President, and then come back to Ms. Ihana.

12 18:26:46Do we have speaker 16, Deepak Bapu, on the line?

13 18:26:58 We'll move on to the next speaker then,

14 18:27:00speaker number 3, Karla Altmayer.

15 18:27:06 I see Mr. Bapu on the line. Mr. Bapu,

16 18:27:10can you hear me?

17 18:27:11 MR. BAPU: Yes.

18 18:27:12 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you. Can you

19 18:27:13proceed with your comments. You have two

20 18:27:14minutes to address the Board.

21 18:27:16 MR. BAPU: Yes. Thank you.

22 18:27:20 Thank you for your time, consideration

23 18:27:22in allowing me to speak in front of the Board.

24 18:27:24I'm speaking on behalf of Sauganash Elementary


24

1 18:27:28for a capital expansion.

2 18:27:30 Our school is currently overcrowded,

3 18:27:32and the number of students is increasing every

4 18:27:35year. My primary concern is safety. We are

5 18:27:41repurposing rooms that are not meant for

6 18:27:44instruction and having significant numbers of

7 18:27:46students in the hallways, and this is

8 18:27:48inconsistent with best safety practices. These

9 18:27:53concerns become worse every year if the number

10 18:27:56of students gets larger.

11 18:27:57 I'd also like to highlight some aspects

12 18:28:00of our school. Sauganash families represent

13 18:28:02over 40 languages spoken, and 45 percent of our

14 18:28:06students are dual language. Additionally, 29

15 18:28:09percent of the school is low income.

16 18:28:12 On a personal note, my family chose

17 18:28:14Sauganash because of the neighborhood, the

18 18:28:16school and that we remain close to our cultural

19 18:28:20spirits of family and community. I grew up in

20 18:28:24Chicago, and like many Sauganash parents, living

21 18:28:26in Sauganash allows us to remain close to the

22 18:28:29various communities from which we come. I

23 18:28:31believe this is reflected in our school's

24 18:28:33tremendous diversity.


25

1 18:28:35 I hope you approve our school's capital

2 18:28:38expansion. Thank you again for your time and

3 18:28:41consideration.

4 18:28:45 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you, Mr. Bapu

5 18:28:46for your comments.

6 18:28:47 Mr. President, we'll proceed with the

7 18:28:48third speaker please, we have Karla Altmayer

8 18:28:51please.

9 18:28:51 MS. ALTMAYER: Yes, can you hear me.

10 18:29:02 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Yes, we can hear

11 18:29:03you, Ms. Altmayer. You have two minutes to

12 18:29:05address the Board, you can proceed.

13 18:29:07 MS. ALTMAYER: Thank you.

14 18:29:07 Good evening, Board members, my name is

15 18:29:09Karla Altmayer, and I'm a co-director and

16 18:29:11co-founder of Healing to Action, a Chicago-based

17 18:29:15nonprofit that works to end gender-based

18 18:29:18violence by building the leadership and

19 18:29:19collective power of the communities most

20 18:29:21impacted.

21 18:29:22 My question is around funding for

22 18:29:24comprehensive sexual education. This year

23 18:29:26Healing to Action in collaboration with over 200

24 18:29:29caregivers, youths and educators across Chicago


26

1 18:29:32launched a practice campaign to ensure that

2 18:29:35comprehensive sexual education is accessible to

3 18:29:38every student in every zip code. That

4 18:29:40caregivers receive meaningful support to

5 18:29:42reinforce these critical lessons at home and

6 18:29:45that community members have a say in ensuring

7 18:29:50equitable implementation.

8 18:29:52 Right now 70 percent of the District is

9 18:29:53not in compliance with the current policy, which

10 18:29:56in parts of many of its requirements requires at

11 18:29:59a very minimum two educators trained at each

12 18:30:02school. And data from a recent FOIA request

13 18:30:05shows that the majority of those schools are

14 18:30:07located in black and brown communities on the

15 18:30:09south and west sides of the city. We've

16 18:30:11actually been in touch with the Office of

17 18:30:14Student Health and Wellness and aware that a new

18 18:30:16policy is being developed but that policy

19 18:30:18continues to miss key resources to address

20 18:30:19implementation gaps.

21 18:30:21 In calculating the costs of

22 18:30:23implementing comprehensive sex ed, I looked at

23 18:30:26the cost of ensuring that the educators -- that

24 18:30:28means ensuring the educators can take a day or a


27

1 18:30:31day off -- a half day off to receive the

2 18:30:34District's training. If there are two educators

3 18:30:36in each of the 462 schools of the District and

4 18:30:39the cost of the substitute teacher in each

5 18:30:42school is approximately $126 a day, it should

6 18:30:46not require more than $175,000 -- $175,000 to

7 18:30:51implement comprehensive sexual education in all

8 18:30:54of the schools.

9 18:30:55 Funding is just one of many barriers,

10 18:30:57it's not the only one, but it is a key barrier

11 18:31:00to ensuring that any education is available to

12 18:31:03all the students from K through 12. And in a

13 18:31:06$4 billion budget, investing $175,000, the

14 18:31:08equivalent of the cost of one police officer's

15 18:31:11salary, could be the difference between

16 18:31:13experiencing gender-based violence or having the

17 18:31:16communication skills and tools that consent to

18 18:31:19prevent and end gender-based violence for a

19 18:31:21whole generation.

20 18:31:22 So as the District considers where

21 18:31:25redirected funds are allocated, I would

22 18:31:28encourage the District to allocate the salary of

23 18:31:30one of those officers to preventing violence in

24 18:31:32our community by funding to ensure comprehensive


28

1 18:31:35sex ed for all CPS students regardless of their

2 18:31:38zip code. Thank you.

3 18:31:45 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Mr. President,

4 18:31:46we'll continue with the next speaker, speaker

5 18:31:48number 4, Aurelia Aguilar please. Ms. Aguilar?

6 18:32:08We'll continue with the next speaker and go back

7 18:32:09to Ms. Aguilar.

8 18:32:11 Do we have speaker number 5, Maria

9 18:32:13Serrano?

10 18:32:24 Aidan, can you please unmute

11 18:32:28Ms. Aguilar?

12 18:32:28 Ms. Aguilar, can you hear me?

13 18:33:01 Ms. Aguilar, can you please unmute

14 18:33:04yourself?

15 18:33:04 (Whereupon, the following

16 18:33:04 comments were spoken in Spanish

17 18:33:04 and translated to English.)

18 18:35:28 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Mr. President, the

19 18:35:29translator will now state her comments in

20 18:35:32English please.

21 18:35:33 THE INTERPRETER: Hi, my name is

22 18:35:37Aurelia Aguilar, I am a member of Healing to

23 18:35:40Action and a mother of a CPS student that

24 18:35:42attends Roosevelt High School. My question is


29

1 18:35:44about the funding for the Office of Student

2 18:35:46Health and Wellness when it comes to

3 18:35:48implementation of comprehensive sexual health

4 18:35:52education.

5 18:35:52 Right now the Office of Student Health

6 18:35:54and Wellness is working to change the policy of

7 18:35:57sexual health education to make sure that the

8 18:35:59students have a better service to establish

9 18:36:05these policies and the curriculum regarding

10 18:36:09LGBTQ should be accessible to all students, but

11 18:36:12in my community a lot of the parents are

12 18:36:14disappointed with the training that educators

13 18:36:16are receiving. Sometimes a teacher don't know

14 18:36:18how to address these issues and they don't

15 18:36:24educate our students well. Thank you.

16 18:36:27 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you for the

17 18:36:28translation.

18 18:36:29 Mr. President, we'll continue with the

19 18:36:31next speaker, number 5, Maria Serrano please.

20 18:36:40Ms. Serrano?

21 18:36:40 (Whereupon, the following

22 18:36:40 comments were spoken in Spanish

23 18:36:40 and translated to English.)

24 18:39:09 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Mr. President, we


30

1 18:39:10will now have the translator proceed.

2 18:39:12 THE INTERPRETER: My name is Maria

3 18:39:20Serrano, I am a member of Healing to Action, and

4 18:39:22I'm a mother of two CPS students. They attended

5 18:39:26Maria Saucedo, a school with almost a thousand

6 18:39:30students in the neighborhood of Little Village.

7 18:39:32My question is about funding for the Office of

8 18:39:34Student Health and Wellness when it comes to the

9 18:39:37implementation of comprehensive sexual health

10 18:39:39education.

11 18:39:39 This year my daughter graduated 8th

12 18:39:42grade, and when I asked here if she had any

13 18:39:44special health education during this time, her

14 18:39:47answer was no. And through this information I

15 18:39:49learned that my daughter is part of the 70

16 18:39:52percent of students in the District who are not

17 18:39:55receiving comprehensive sexual education. And

18 18:39:58most of these students live on the west and

19 18:40:00south sides of the city, such as, Little

20 18:40:03Village.

21 18:40:03 I recently spoke with members of the

22 18:40:05Office of Student Health and Wellness, and they

23 18:40:05said that they are now supporting ten schools so

24 18:40:08that they can implement sexual health education.


31

1 18:40:11These schools are Englewood, Lindblom, Juarez,

2 18:40:15Clemente, Payton, Lane Tech and Wells. But the

3 18:40:20Office of Student Health and Wellness told us

4 18:40:22that they are using funds to ensure that

5 18:40:25comprehensive education is implemented in these

6 18:40:28schools, but it is important that almost half of

7 18:40:30these schools already have several resources

8 18:40:35invested in them.

9 18:40:36 So my question was of which half

10 18:40:39already have multiple resources implemented to

11 18:40:43apply policy, this should be District-wide. How

12 18:40:45are we going to make sure that the sexual

13 18:40:47education policy is implemented throughout the

14 18:40:50District, including all elementary schools?

15 18:40:53 As a mother, an activist, I see that

16 18:40:56this budget has to include funds to ensure that

17 18:41:00all CPS students have access to sexual health

18 18:41:03education, especially now when there are

19 18:41:07students living in homes where they do not feel

20 18:41:07safe and there are incidents of online

21 18:41:09harassment. Thank you.

22 18:41:10 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you.


24 18:41:13speakers' list, and our next speaker will be


32

1 18:41:15speaker number 6, Melissa Ramirez please.

2 18:41:23Ms. Ramirez?

3 18:41:25 MS. RAMIREZ: Hello.

4 18:41:29 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Yes, Ms. Ramirez,


6 18:41:30 MS. RAMIREZ: Yes, I can.

7 18:41:32 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you. You

8 18:41:33have two minutes to address the Board, and you

9 18:41:35can proceed.

10 18:41:35 MS. RAMIREZ: Good afternoon, my name

11 18:41:37is Melissa Ramirez, and I'm calling on behalf of

12 18:41:41Grissom Elementary. I want to bring my school

13 18:41:44to your attention once more and hope that you

14 18:41:47will reconsider investing in our school. The

15 18:41:51numbers don't quite look right when you look at

16 18:41:54our utilization report, it looks like we are 110

17 18:41:59capacity, maybe a little bit higher, but that

18 18:42:01capacity rate is not taking in consideration of

19 18:42:05the space needed for our diverse learners and

20 18:42:08our EL students. After giving every teacher a

21 18:42:12homeroom, there's no space for our diverse

22 18:42:13learners to learn or for our EL student

23 18:42:17services. Our ELs are currently receiving

24 18:42:19services in a little multi-purpose office kind


33

1 18:42:23of a room, so they're getting services and then

2 18:42:25they need to leave and maybe go to the hallway

3 18:42:27so that an IEP meeting can occur. And then also

4 18:42:32while an IEP meeting is occurring, the parents

5 18:42:34do not have any privacy because clinicians are

6 18:42:37coming in and out to get to their job. And

7 18:42:41we're not doing this on purpose, but we have no

8 18:42:43other option.

9 18:42:44 Our pre-K was relocated to Saint

10 18:42:48Columbus Church. We heard that Saint Columbus

11 18:42:50Church, the building owned by the Archdiocese is

12 18:42:52being remodeled to house our pre-K, and we would

13 18:42:55like to see that money reinvested into Grissom

14 18:42:58Elementary for a long-term solution. Bring our

15 18:43:01pre-K home, let's have them on site so that they

16 18:43:04can be part of our school community school too

17 18:43:06and not have to walk that 1.3 miles, which is a

18 18:43:1027-minute walk to the church.

19 18:43:12 And then we look at our diverse

20 18:43:13learners, we don't have enough classrooms for

21 18:43:16them. So this year we are expecting to have

22 18:43:18three diverse learner teachers sharing a

23 18:43:24standard size classroom and hope to have three

24 18:43:27classes at once. I understand the pandemic is


34

1 18:43:30going on, when the pandemic is over school will

2 18:43:31return to normal. While the general ed students

3 18:43:32have their own dedicated classroom, diverse

4 18:43:35learners have to share a classroom, that's not

5 18:43:37equitable.

6 18:43:39 It seems that you might be making some

7 18:43:41improvements at Sauganash, that's great, I would

8 18:43:43like to see that done at my school as well. I

9 18:43:46am seriously hoping that you'll reconsider our

10 18:43:49school, we want our kids to be college and

11 18:43:51career ready. At the same time we have to get

12 18:43:54rid of our library in order to make a homeroom

13 18:43:56so we're not able to teach them how to use a

14 18:43:59library as they would do in college.

15 18:44:04 We are also a magnet arts, magnet

16 18:44:09performing school, however, our art is on a

17 18:44:12cart. We obviously don't have a classroom for

18 18:44:15the art teacher.

19 18:44:18 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Ms. Ramirez?

20 18:44:19 MS. RAMIREZ: Yes.

21 18:44:20 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you for your

22 18:44:20comments.

23 18:44:21 MS. RAMIREZ: Okay.

24 18:44:23 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Mr. President,


35

1 18:44:24we'll proceed with the next speaker from

2 18:44:27Grissom, we have speaker number 8, Paulina

3 18:44:31Torrejon please. Do we have Paulina on?

4 18:44:39 MS. TORREJON: Hello.

5 18:44:45 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Yes, Paulina, you

6 18:44:47can proceed. You have two minutes.

7 18:44:51 MS. TORREJON: Okay. Thank you.

8 18:44:52 Hi, my name is Paulina Torrejon, I'm

9 18:44:53going to be a 7th grader at Virgil I. Grissom

10 18:44:58Elementary School. For years I have had to

11 18:45:00experience firsthand overcrowding, and I am here

12 18:45:02for the third time to once again to ask CPS to

13 18:45:05quickly address these issues about my

14 18:45:07overcrowded school because splitting the classes

15 18:45:11will not be enough for this issue to be solved.

16 18:45:13 Recently my language arts class and my

17 18:45:16math class had to be split. However, my science

18 18:45:19class is still one big classroom. In my school

19 18:45:22the middle school classes far exceed the CPS

20 18:45:26guidelines that there should be no classroom

21 18:45:29with more than 31 students from 4th through 8th

22 18:45:32grade. This is simply unacceptable.

23 18:45:34 First of all, my art class is on a

24 18:45:37cart. Our school is supposed to be a fun and


36

1 18:45:40performing arts and magnet program, how can it

2 18:45:43be possible if my art class is on a cart? My

3 18:45:46art teacher should not have to push around a

4 18:45:48cart in order to teach her classes and carry her

5 18:45:52supplies. She should have her own classroom,

6 18:45:54teach her classes and access her supplies

7 18:45:58easily. My class would then have more

8 18:46:00opportunity to create more artwork, such as,

9 18:46:03sculptures, art dream catchers, instead of just

10 18:46:06pencil and paper.

11 18:46:07 Secondly, my school should have an

12 18:46:11actual cafeteria, and my school should not have

13 18:46:14to use a gym cafetorium and after school sports

14 18:46:17in one place. It's a hazard for school sports

15 18:46:20teams to be in the gym cafetorium since there

16 18:46:26are chairs and tables in the way of practices.

17 18:46:27Due to harsh weather it's hard for my school to

18 18:46:30actually take a break from class if we have to

19 18:46:33sit still and do nothing.

20 18:46:34 Thirdly, my class -- my science class

21 18:46:37is overcrowded for my class to have a real

22 18:46:42opportunity to experiment and have a laboratory

23 18:46:44to do them in. My school cannot have -- my

24 18:46:47class cannot have -- cannot work in these


37

1 18:46:49conditions, this is why I'm fighting for my

2 18:46:54school. It should not be overcrowded. I am

3 18:46:56fighting for the students at Grissom to receive

4 18:46:58the same quality of education that is offered to

5 18:47:01those students on the north side of Chicago

6 18:47:03where the students have smaller class sizes. I

7 18:47:07will continue to fight for these issues until we

8 18:47:09receive the resources and funding that the

9 18:47:10students at Grissom deserve. Our education

10 18:47:13matters.


12 18:47:16Ms. Torrejon.

13 18:47:17 MS. TORREJON: Thank you.



16 18:47:21next speaker, speaker number 10 please, Mary

17 18:47:24Hughes. Ms. Hughes?

18 18:47:31 MS. HUGHES: Hello.

19 18:47:36 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Yes, Ms. Hughes,


21 18:47:38 MS. HUGHES: Yes, I can. Thank you.

22 18:47:40 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you. You

23 18:47:41have two minutes to address the Board, you can

24 18:47:43proceed.


38

1 18:47:43 MS. HUGHES: Thank you.

2 18:47:45 Hello, Board President del Valle and

3 18:47:47members of the Board, my name is Mary Hughes,

4 18:47:50I'm with Raise Your Hand, and I'm concerned that

5 18:47:54174 special ed classroom assistants, SECAs,

6 18:47:58positions have been cut in the budget 2021.

7 18:48:02 When school ended in June the student

8 18:48:04IEPs reflected X number of SECA minutes per

9 18:48:08school requiring a certain number of then active

10 18:48:12SECA positions per school. As there were few

11 18:48:15IEP meetings held over the summer, there's no

12 18:48:18reason why there should be 174 fewer SECA

13 18:48:21positions in the budget.

14 18:48:22 I believe the ODLSS formula for SECAs

15 18:48:25is incorrect. Several principals, who requested

16 18:48:27to remain anonymous, shared with me that the

17 18:48:30current SECA staffing formula is incorrect.

18 18:48:32They further shared that they knew that they had

19 18:48:34scheduled their school staff as efficiently as

20 18:48:39possible, and that the staffing shortfall could

21 18:48:39not be resolved by staggering SECA start times

22 18:48:42as ODLSS administration suggested.

23 18:48:45 Even when ODLSS network reps agreed

24 18:48:49with the school administrators that the current


39

1 18:48:50SECA staffing formula led to staffing shortfall

2 18:48:53in certain schools, ODLSS administration refused

3 18:48:56to budge on approving appeals for these

4 18:48:57positions. For brevity, please see the e-mail I

5 18:49:01sent you for explanation of the formula error.

6 18:49:04 This kind of carving away services is

7 18:49:08too familiar and will lead to students being

8 18:49:11delayed or denied legally mandated SECA services

9 18:49:14when school begins in November.

10 18:49:17 Board members, please investigate this

11 18:49:18issue and talk to principals who have denied

12 18:49:21their appeals for SECA positions. Remote

13 18:49:24special education requires so much more

14 18:49:24preparation time on the part of parents,

15 18:49:26teachers, SECAs and related service providers.

16 18:49:28And, if anything, the CPS special ed budget

17 18:49:32should reflect additional SECA positions to

18 18:49:34assist teachers who are working with students

19 18:49:36who need that extra attention and support in

20 18:49:39order to access special education remotely.

21 18:49:43 Please consider using some of the

22 18:49:44COVID-19 funds to shore up staffing in support

23 18:49:48for students with disabilities during this time

24 18:49:50of remote special education. CPS needs to


40

1 18:49:53address the students who attempted to engage in

2 18:49:55remote learning without needed accommodations

3 18:49:58and learning tools like visual schedules,

4 18:50:01timers, seat cushions, fidget items, sensory

5 18:50:04items, et cetera. In addition to devices that

6 18:50:07provide computer access, students with

7 18:50:10disabilities who have accommodations in tools

8 18:50:12set out in their IEPs need those tools made

9 18:50:17available to them in their homes to honor their

10 18:50:19learning needs and improve student outcomes.

11 18:50:22Thank you.


13 18:50:23Ms. Hughes, thank you for your comment.


15 18:50:26next speaker please, speaker number 11, Chris

16 18:50:32Yun please. Chris Yun?

17 18:50:38 MS. YUN: Yes. Can you hear me?


19 18:50:41you. You have two minutes to address the Board

20 18:50:43please.

21 18:50:43 MS. YUN: Oh, yes. Hi.

22 18:50:44 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Please proceed.

23 18:50:45 MS. YUN: Hi. Good evening, President

24 18:50:47del Valle and members of the Board, my name is


41

1 18:50:50Chris Yun, and I'm the education policy analyst

2 18:50:51with Access Living, accessibility rights of

3 18:50:54education in Chicago. Today I'm here to

4 18:50:57partition the Board to redirect CPS's school

5 18:51:00accessibility improvement plan and make schools

6 18:51:05fully accessible for students.

7 18:51:06 First of all, we welcome CPS's

8 18:51:08commitment of $20 million for ADA improvement

9 18:51:12project. However, CPS's plan of spending $20

10 18:51:16million next year and a total of $100 million

11 18:51:20over the next five years to make every school

12 18:51:23accessible in seriously miscalculated because

13 18:51:27doing so will not enhance any education and

14 18:51:27accessibility for students with mobility

15 18:51:33disabilities. It also excludes any parent or

16 18:51:35family members with disabilities from parenting

17 18:51:38by limiting their access to first floors when

18 18:51:40education is on other floors.

19 18:51:45 When improving school accessibility,

20 18:51:45CPS should prioritize students' access to

21 18:51:53educational spaces, such as, classrooms,

22 18:51:54cafeteria, gym and library, and making schools

23 18:51:57fully accessible is the only way to achieve this

24 18:52:00goal. As of today more than half of CPS schools


42

1 18:52:04are not available for students with mobility

2 18:52:08disabilities to attend due to a lack of full

3 18:52:08accessibility.

4 18:52:08 On the south and west sides of the

5 18:52:08city, black and brown students need to travel

6 18:52:17further distance than their peers on north side

7 18:52:19due to the severe lack of accessible schools and

8 18:52:22high-quality programs. CPS needs to make more

9 18:52:25schools fully accessible to bring equity to its

10 18:52:28students.

11 18:52:29 Here are our recommendations to include

12 18:52:32school accessibility:

13 18:52:33 No. 1: Make a school fully accessible

14 18:52:36so students with a mobility disability can

15 18:52:37access and enjoy the same academic programs as

16 18:52:37her peers without disabilities too.

17 18:52:46 No. 2: Prioritize schools in the south

18 18:52:48and west sides. The severe lack of accessible

19 18:52:49schools hurt black and brown students and their

20 18:52:51communities and places an extra burden on the

21 18:52:55students to travel further distance to attend

22 18:52:58accessible schools.

23 18:52:59 No. 3: Devote more ADA capital

24 18:53:01investment. CPS --


43

1 18:53:03 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Ms. Yun?

2 18:53:05 MS. YUN: -- needs ADA improvement, but

3 18:53:0620 million makes up less than 3 percent of the

4 18:53:09total capital investment. If CPS is willing to

5 18:53:14spend funds to provide first floor access to

6 18:53:15community people, CPS can and should put more

7 18:53:15resources to make schools fully accessible for

8 18:53:15their students.

9 18:53:24 Lastly, please create a long-term

10 18:53:26accessibility plan to make every school fully

11 18:53:31accessible. CTA has a 20-year-old station

12 18:53:32accessibility plan by identifying funding to

13 18:53:36many priorities. We need long-term strategy

14 18:53:39plan to make every school fully accessible, and

15 18:53:41CPS should take a leadership role to bring

16 18:53:44equity to its students and their families.

17 18:53:46Thank you.

18 18:53:47 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Thank you, Ms. Yun,

19 18:53:48thank you for your comments.


21 18:53:51next speaker please, speaker number 12, Alicia

22 18:53:55Martin please. Ms. Martin?

23 18:54:04 MS. MARTIN: Hi, everyone.



44

1 18:54:07Ms. Martin. You have two minutes to address the

2 18:54:09Board.

3 18:54:09 MS. MARTIN: Thank you.

4 18:54:13 My name is Alicia Martin, and I am a

5 18:54:15proud parent of three amazing Alexander Graham

6 18:54:21students. I'm here today to present to the

7 18:54:23Board an addition to the budget.

8 18:54:26 As you are aware, the CPS school system

9 18:54:30serves predominantly low-income families. The

10 18:54:33system is made up of 76.4 percent of students

11 18:54:36who are economically disadvantaged. Online

12 18:54:42learning has created an unexpected expense for

13 18:54:45families already devastated from the domino

14 18:54:49effects of COVID-19. Families need additional

15 18:54:53funding. They need the educational stipend for

16 18:54:57CPS students.

17 18:54:59 The educational stipend for CPS

18 18:55:01students would provide students with $500 per

19 18:55:05quarter. The funds would help with reoccurring

20 18:55:11expenses, the conversion from a home into a

21 18:55:14classroom during remote learning and possibly

22 18:55:16assist with child care expenses. The stipend

23 18:55:21should remain should remain in effect until the

24 18:55:26children are in school in person 100 percent of


45

1 18:55:30the time.

2 18:55:30 CPS only scratched the surface of an

3 18:55:33economic issue faced by the CPS families. The

4 18:55:36educational stipend for CPS students has the

5 18:55:40potential to accomplish much more. Thank you.


7 18:55:45comments.

8 18:55:48 We'll proceed with the next speaker

9 18:55:50please, speaker number 14, Tim Noonan.

10 18:55:59Mr. Noonan?

11 18:55:59 MR. NOONAN: Okay.

12 18:56:08 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Yes, Mr. Noonan,


14 18:56:09 MR. NOONAN: Yes, I can hear you.

15 18:56:11 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Yes, you can

16 18:56:12proceed. Thank you.

17 18:56:12 MR. NOONAN: Hello, my name is Tim

18 18:56:17Noonan. The $3 million proposal released by CPS

19 18:56:20and Alderman O'Shea for Kellogg Elementary is

20 18:56:25both insulting and disheartening. While we were

21 18:56:28really happy that the needs -- Kellogg's needs

22 18:56:29are finally receiving the attention, the people

23 18:56:31who created the plan must have not been paying

24 18:56:34attention.


46

1 18:56:34 Our modular is literally crumbling.

2 18:56:38The walls are falling off. This is not

3 18:56:39conjecture, we have pictures to prove it. We

4 18:56:42were given a plan that not only does not address

5 18:56:44the main issue of an addition but would

6 18:56:47permanently preclude any addition in the future.

7 18:56:49There's only one logical place to expand and

8 18:56:52that is on the north end of the building. This

9 18:56:55plan puts an elevator on the north end of the

10 18:56:57building. This would mean that Kellogg would

11 18:57:00never get an addition. And good money after bad

12 18:57:02will be invested in a modular that is way beyond

13 18:57:07its useful lifetime. Why would any sane person

14 18:57:09do this? Especially in a time when we are

15 18:57:11tightening our belts. We are presented with a

16 18:57:13plan of wanton waste.

17 18:57:16 Kellogg's LSC needs to be at the table.

18 18:57:18We have not been involved with this plan as it

19 18:57:21was thrust upon us via an e-mail blast. I'm on

20 18:57:24the LSC, I lead the committee that is pursuing

21 18:57:28the addition. There's no more capable --

22 18:57:30there's no one more capable to advise on

23 18:57:31Kellogg's Elementary needs than the staff, the

24 18:57:33parents and most importantly the students who


47

1 18:57:36use this building day in and day out. The LSC

2 18:57:41has been entrusted by voters and empowered by

3 18:57:43the mayor to take the right decisions for

4 18:57:46Kellogg. This plan is wrong for Kellogg. We

5 18:57:51would be shirking our duties as elected

6 18:57:54representatives by accepting this plan prima

7 18:57:56fascia.

8 18:57:57 I implore the Board of Education, CPS

9 18:58:00and the Alderman and Kellogg to sit down

10 18:58:04together in a collaborative manner to develop a

11 18:58:07plan that makes sense and is prudent. The

12 18:58:10taxpayers deserve this and so do our children.

13 18:58:14Again, included in the plan for capital

14 18:58:16improvements for Kellogg, we all want to see

15 18:58:19Kellogg to be the shining gem that it has proven

16 18:58:23to be over the last 80 years.

17 18:58:25 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Mr. Noonan.

18 18:58:27 MR. NOONAN: We also want to be

19 18:58:27fiscally responsible with the money the

20 18:58:28taxpayers have entrusted us. We look forward to

21 18:58:31working together and to make Kellogg another --

22 18:58:33make Kellogg into another successful 80 years.

23 18:58:36Thank you for allowing me to speak.



48

1 18:58:38Mr. Noonan, thank you for your comments.


3 18:58:42next speaker, speaker 15, Elizabeth Triplett

4 18:58:48please. Ms. Triplett?

5 18:58:52 MS. TRIPLETT: Hello. Can you hear me?


7 18:58:57you, Ms. Triplett. Can you please proceed?

8 18:59:00 MS. TRIPLETT: Okay. Thank you,

9 18:59:01President and members of the Board of Education.

10 18:59:05As an educator for over 28 years and in early

11 18:59:11childhood for over 15, I was so excited to

12 18:59:15discover a developmentally appropriate tool for

13 18:59:19teachers to use with 3 and 4 year olds during --

14 18:59:25especially during remote learning.

15 18:59:28 The program is called ReadyRosie, and

16 18:59:32it provides excellent communication tools to use

17 18:59:37with parents, especially parents of young

18 18:59:40children. All children need access to

19 18:59:48opportunities and rich learning experiences that

20 18:59:50build their cognitive and social skills so they

21 18:59:54are ready to learn and thrive in today's

22 18:59:57rigorous schools and ultimately the workforce.

23 19:00:03 So I am asking that the subscription to

24 19:00:06ReadyRosie be added to teacher strategies goals


49

1 19:00:13that is used in the Early Childhood department.

2 19:00:15While teachers doing remote learning and while

3 19:00:20using Google Meets, a lot of parents expressed

4 19:00:22to me that they needed help with helping their

5 19:00:26young children learn different concepts. And

6 19:00:30many parents even called me in the evening

7 19:00:34because they wanted some strategies to use with

8 19:00:38their young children.

9 19:00:39 This program has been acquired by

10 19:00:43Teacher Strategy Goals, a curriculum that's

11 19:00:47already used with our Early Childhood program.

12 19:00:50And this program provides excellent short videos

13 19:00:56that have been proven through research to help

14 19:01:01parents become vital partners in educating their

15 19:01:05children. I tried to access this program

16 19:01:08through Teacher Strategy Goals, a curriculum

17 19:01:14that we use in Early Childhood, and they said

18 19:01:16Chicago Public Schools hadn't published -- I

19 19:01:19mean purchased it. So please purchase this

20 19:01:22program for -- to use with the Early Childhood

21 19:01:25curriculum.


23 19:01:26 MS. TRIPLETT: Thank you.



50

1 19:01:28comments, Ms. Triplett.

2 19:01:30 Mr. President --

3 19:01:30 MS. TRIPLETT: You're welcome. Thank

4 19:01:31you.


6 19:01:32 Mr. President, I would just like to

7 19:01:33note for the record that we did have other

8 19:01:36registered speakers, but they didn't call in

9 19:01:38during the time frame, so I would just like to

10 19:01:41say for the record that they can submit their

11 19:01:43written comments as noted earlier at

12 19:01:49www.cpsboe.org.

13 19:01:51 So that concludes the speakers' list,

14 19:01:54Mr. President. We'll proceed with the elected

15 19:01:55officials, and we have Alderman Nugent with us

16 19:01:58from the 39th Ward.

17 19:02:00 Alderman Nugent? Alderman Nugent?

18 19:02:12 ALDERMAN NUGENT: Good evening. Can

19 19:02:14you hear me?


21 19:02:15you. Thank you.

22 19:02:16 ALDERMAN NUGENT: Perfect. Thank you.

23 19:02:21 Good evening, President del Valle,

24 19:02:23members of the Board, Dr. Jackson and CPS


51

1 19:02:25leadership, I am Samantha Nugent, Alderman of

2 19:02:29the 39th Ward of Chicago. Thank you for this

3 19:02:32opportunity to speak this evening. While I have

4 19:02:34spoken to you individually about Sauganash

5 19:02:37Elementary School, I want to reemphasize that

6 19:02:39the school community is in dire need of a

7 19:02:42capital expansion.

8 19:02:44 As you know, Sauganash is the most

9 19:02:46overcrowded neighborhood school in the city. It

10 19:02:49is currently at 124 percent capacity. They're

11 19:02:52projected to be at 136 percent in four years.

12 19:02:56Enrollment in Sauganash has consistently grown

13 19:02:59by 4 percent every year, and last year the

14 19:03:02enrollment increased by 6 percent. According to

15 19:03:05the Chicago Teachers Union contract, 16 out of

16 19:03:0821 homerooms are overcrowded, that's 76 percent.

17 19:03:12There is an immediate need for a capital

18 19:03:14expansion to reduce overcrowding at Sauganash

19 19:03:17and provide students with a safe learning

20 19:03:19environment.

21 19:03:20 Sauganash is 29.5 percent low income

22 19:03:24with 44 languages spoken. Twenty-four percent

23 19:03:27of the students are English language learners.

24 19:03:31Teachers have been forced to use storage


52

1 19:03:33closets, hallway areas and stairwell landings

2 19:03:36for instruction because of the lack of space.

3 19:03:38The school has been cited by the fire department

4 19:03:40for code violations. This poses significant

5 19:03:42safety concerns, and in the event of an

6 19:03:44emergency students and faculty would be exposed

7 19:03:47and potentially be targeted. This keeps me up

8 19:03:49at night.

9 19:03:50 As the former chief of staff for the

10 19:03:52Cook County Department of Homeland Security,

11 19:03:54part of my responsibility including -- included

12 19:03:57preparing and assessing school readiness for a

13 19:04:01natural or manmade disaster to include active

14 19:04:04scenarios -- active shooter scenarios. Children

15 19:04:07and faculty congregating in hallways because

16 19:04:09there is no classroom space is incredibly

17 19:04:12dangerous. The 664 students, 43 CTU members and

18 19:04:1714 SEIU members deserve a safe environment to

19 19:04:21learn and work.

20 19:04:23 Sauganash Elementary is a 100 percent

21 19:04:25neighborhood school, but due to size limitations

22 19:04:27it cannot possibly serve the current student

23 19:04:30community nor the consistently growing K through

24 19:04:348 student enrollment without an expansion. The


53

1 19:04:37neighboring schools are also either overcrowded

2 19:04:39or almost at capacity and they too do not have

3 19:04:42the space to help relieve Sauganash's

4 19:04:45overcrowding.

5 19:04:46 School communities are like children,

6 19:04:47they each are unique and have unique needs. I

7 19:04:50recognize this and support schools throughout

8 19:04:52the 39th Ward. I have allocated a half a

9 19:04:54million dollars to Volta Elementary School for

10 19:04:56green space. I have worked with State

11 19:04:58Representative Jamie Andrade to secure funding

12 19:05:01for a science lab. Palmer, Peterson, North Side

13 19:05:05Learning, Von Steuben and Belding are undergoing

14 19:05:07capital improvements.

15 19:05:08 I strongly support the expansion of

16 19:05:10Sauganash Elementary to help relieve the

17 19:05:13overcrowding. I again kindly request your

18 19:05:15assistance in approving this expansion. Thank

19 19:05:19you for your time and consideration. I am

20 19:05:20grateful for your ongoing commitment to all

21 19:05:23Chicago students. Of course, as always, if you

22 19:05:25have questions or concerns, please do not

23 19:05:27hesitate to reach out to me or my office. Thank

24 19:05:30you so much for your time.


54


2 19:05:33Alderman.

3 19:05:34 And, Mr. President, this does conclude

4 19:05:36the public comment segment of the hearing.

5 19:05:38 PRESIDENT del VALLE: Thank you.

6 19:05:41 The first speakers we called, they

7 19:05:44didn't respond?

8 19:05:45 SECRETARY BELTRAN: They didn't

9 19:05:46respond, Mr. President, so they could submit

10 19:05:48their written comments via the CPSBOE.ORG

11 19:05:53website.

12 19:05:54 PRESIDENT del VALLE: Okay. And so we

13 19:05:55certainly encourage them to do that.

14 19:05:57 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Correct.

15 19:05:57 PRESIDENT del VALLE: Board members,

16 19:05:58any comments or questions? Any comments or

17 19:06:10questions regarding the budget hearing, what we

18 19:06:13heard today?

19 19:06:16 If there are no comments or questions,

20 19:06:20this concludes the first FY22 (sic) Budget

21 19:06:25Hearing. We will have a second hearing and --

22 19:06:28but this concludes our work for this evening.

23 19:06:32 SECRETARY BELTRAN: Just to note,

24 19:06:34Mr. President, FY21.


55

1 19:06:35 PRESIDENT del VALLE: FY21. Did I say

2 19:06:39FY20?

3 19:06:39 SECRETARY BELTRAN: 22.

4 19:06:40 PRESIDENT del VALLE: Oh, I'm way

5 19:06:42ahead. I'm already thinking of what it's going

6 19:06:45to be like in '22. Okay FY21 Budget Hearing.

7 19:06:49Thank you.



10 (Whereupon, the proceedings

11 adjourned at 7:06 p.m.)

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24


56

1 STATE OF ILLINOIS )

2 ) SS:

3 COUNTY OF C O O K )

4

5 Karen Fatigato, being first duly sworn,

6 on oath says that she is a court reporter doing

7 business in the City of Chicago; and that she

8 reported in shorthand the proceedings of said

9 hearing, and that the foregoing is a true and

10 correct transcript of her shorthand notes so

11 taken as aforesaid, and contains the proceedings

12 given at said hearing.

13

14 ______________________________

15 Karen Fatigato, CSR

16 LIC. NO. 084-004072

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Chicago, Illinois (312) 263-0052McCorkle Litigation Services, Inc.Chicago, Illinois (312) 263-0052McCorkle Litigation Services, Inc.

1

Aa.m5:7 22:12

able34:13

above-entitled1:9

absence20:7

academic10:1 21:14 42:15

accepting47:6

access5:1 20:11 31:17 36:6

39:20 40:6 41:2,1741:20 42:15 43:548:18 49:15

accessibility10:4 21:10 41:2,5,14

41:19 42:3,12 43:1043:12

accessible26:2 29:10 41:6,12,23

42:7,9,13,18,22 43:743:11,14

accommodations40:2,7

accomplish45:5

account16:10

achieve41:23

acknowledge7:3

acquired49:9

Act15:4,6

Action25:16,23 28:23 30:3

actionable8:7

active38:9 52:13,14

activist31:15

actual36:12

ADA10:4 21:10 41:8 42:23

43:2added48:24

adding11:11,13

addition40:5 44:7 46:5,6,11,21

additional8:13,16 9:11 10:2,5,19

10:24 11:4,6,11,1411:17 17:2 39:1744:14

Additionally17:13 24:14

address9:5,18 23:20 25:12

26:19 29:14 32:835:13 37:23 40:1,1944:1 46:4

adjourned55:11

administration38:22 39:2

administrative18:1

administrators17:19 38:24

advance5:5,10

advise46:22

aforesaid56:11

afternoon32:10

agreed38:23

Aguilar28:5,5,7,11,12,13,22

ahead55:5

Aidan28:10

Alderman45:19 47:9 50:15,17,17

50:18,22 51:1 54:2Alexander44:5

Alicia43:21 44:4

align21:13

aligned11:7

all-time11:15

allocate27:22

allocated15:14 16:9 27:21 53:8

allocation8:17 9:4

allocations9:10 10:10 15:19 16:3

16:3 19:3allow9:12 11:15 20:1,11,21

21:11allowing23:23 47:23

allows21:7 24:21

Altmayer23:14 25:7,9,11,13,15

amazing44:5

amount12:7

AMY1:17

analyst41:1

Andrade53:11

Anna23:9,9

annual10:9

anonymous38:16

answer30:14

anticipate20:8

anticipated11:23 12:2,14 15:6

21:17anticipating14:24

appeals39:3,12

apply31:11

appropriate48:12

approve25:1

approving39:3 53:18

approximately27:5

April10:7,13

Archdiocese33:11

area10:23 15:11

areas8:12 21:3,4 52:1

Arnie2:8 7:6

art34:16,18 35:23 36:2,3

36:9arts34:15 35:16 36:1

artwork36:8

asked30:12

asking48:23

aspects24:11

assessing52:12

assist39:18 44:22

assistance53:18

assistants38:5

associated13:11 16:6

Assumptions14:23

attempted40:1

attend42:2,21

attended30:4

attends28:24

attention32:13 39:19 45:22,24

Attested6:3

augmented12:15

August1:5 3:7,20,22 4:18,20

5:7,8,17,18,23 6:122:12,13 23:1

Aurelia28:5,22

available

4:10,15 5:11 27:1140:9 42:1

aware26:17 44:8

Bback23:11 28:6

backed21:17

bad46:11

balancing20:6

Bapu23:12,15,15,17,21 25:4

bar18:16

barrier27:10

barriers27:9

bars18:24 19:1

basis17:23

began22:11

begins39:9

behalf3:6 23:24 32:11

Belding53:13

believe20:20 24:23 38:14

Beltran2:9 3:14 6:4,9,11,14,17

6:19,21,24 22:823:18 25:4,10 28:328:18 29:16,24 31:2232:4,7 34:19,21,2435:5 37:11,14,19,2240:12,18,22 43:1,1843:24 45:6,12,1547:17,24 48:6 49:2249:24 50:5,20 54:1,854:14,23 55:3,8

belts46:15

benefits13:5 16:13,15,16,17,20

best24:8

better29:8

beyond46:12

big35:18

billion12:24 13:5 14:5,16,24

18:17 27:13bit12:18 13:24 32:17

black26:14 42:5,19

blast46:19

blue16:13 17:14 19:1

Board1:13 2:10 3:6,19 4:2,7

4:11,16 6:2 7:5,158:5 22:4 23:20,2325:12,14 32:8 37:2338:2,3 39:10 40:1940:24 41:4 44:2,747:8 48:9 50:2454:15

Board's5:21 22:23

bond21:18

bonds13:14,20

borrow18:6

break36:18

breakdown14:1

brevity39:4

bring32:12 33:14 42:9 43:15

brown16:11 26:14 42:5,19

budge39:3

budget1:1 3:7,8,11 4:1,8,17

5:20 7:9,17,18 8:4,58:10 9:3,14 10:1411:18,21,22,24 12:712:19,22,23 13:1,4,713:9,9,16,18 14:1,2015:2,8,10,14,16 16:216:8,14,18,21 17:617:10,16 18:15 20:320:6,16,24,24 21:2322:22 27:13 31:1638:6,13 39:16 44:754:17,20 55:6

budgeted15:17 17:22

budgeting15:24

budgets10:7,12

build48:20

building9:15,21 17:1 25:18

33:11 46:8,10 47:1burden42:20

business56:7

CC56:3

cafeteria36:12 41:22

cafetorium36:13,15

calculating26:21

call50:8

called23:5 48:15 49:6 54:6

calling22:19 23:8 32:11

campaign

26:1capable46:21,22

capacity32:17,18 51:10 53:2

capital13:8,9,12,13 18:18

20:23 21:2,8,15 24:125:1 42:23 43:447:13 51:7,17 53:14

care44:22

career34:11

caregivers25:24 26:4

CARES15:6

carry36:4

cart34:17 35:24 36:2,4

carving39:6

case11:10

cases19:2

cash18:3,6,9,12

catchers36:9

categorical14:8 15:3

cause1:9

center18:7

Central16:5 17:24

centrally15:17 17:22

CEO7:3,21

certain38:9 39:2

certainly54:13

cetera40:5

chairs36:16

challenges9:5

change29:6

changes10:12

chart12:20 15:9 18:2,16

19:15charter15:19 16:4,19

Chicago3:17,18 4:2,3,7,12,13

4:14 6:1,2 19:1,6,819:11 24:20 25:2437:5 41:3 49:18 51:251:15 53:21 56:7

Chicago-based25:16

chief2:2,6,8 7:6,7 52:9


2

child44:22

childhood48:11 49:1,11,17,20

children44:24 47:12 48:18,18

49:5,8,15 52:14 53:5chose24:16

Chris40:15,16 41:1

church33:10,11,18

circulation3:18

cited52:3

city3:18 4:12 9:20 19:10

26:15 30:19 42:551:9 56:7

city-wide15:16,22 16:3 17:13,21

class35:16,17,18,23 36:2,7

36:18,20,20,21,2437:6

classes33:24 35:14,19 36:4,6

classroom33:23 34:3,4,17 35:18

35:20 36:5 38:544:21 52:16

classrooms9:22 33:20 41:21

cleaning9:11

Clemente31:2

clinicians33:5

close5:7 11:23 24:18,21

closed22:13

closely17:11

closets52:1

co-director25:15

co-founder25:16

code3:10 26:3 28:2 52:4

cognitive48:20

collaboration25:23

collaborative47:10

collective25:19

college34:10,14

Columbus33:10,10

combination16:22

combined10:14

come14:5 23:11 24:22

comes29:2 30:8

coming15:16 20:7 33:6

commenced3:2

commencing1:10

comment22:7,17,18 40:13 54:4

comments5:20,21 22:4,21,22

23:19 25:5 28:16,1929:22 34:22 43:1945:7 48:1 50:1,1154:10,16,16,19

commitment8:19 10:2 11:12 41:8

53:20committed21:18

committee46:20

commonly4:3,12

communication27:17 48:16

communities10:9,13 24:22 25:19

26:14 42:20 53:5community7:19,22,24 8:15 24:19

26:6 27:24 29:1133:16 43:6 51:652:23

compared11:21

comparison18:24

compliance26:9

comply3:10

component10:18 13:15 14:19

18:15 20:24components12:19,21

comprehensive25:22 26:2,22 27:7,24

29:3 30:9,17 31:5comprise14:2 16:17

comprised8:3 14:16

computer40:6

computing9:10

concepts49:5

concern4:5 24:4

concerned38:4

concerns24:9 52:5 53:22

conclude5:15 23:2 54:3

concludes21:24 50:13 54:20,22

conditions37:1

congregating52:15

conjecture46:3

consent27:17

conservative12:3

consider39:21

consideration23:22 25:3 32:18 53:19

considers27:20

consistently18:9 51:12 52:23

construction21:20

contains56:11

contingencies20:10

continue10:24 11:12 12:4 19:16

19:24 21:8,12 23:1028:4,6 29:18 37:7

continued9:24 21:9

continues18:5 19:5 26:19

continuing10:7 11:9 19:14

contract51:15

contracts17:4

contractual17:1

contributions13:6 18:23

conversion44:20

Cook52:10

coordinators11:6

copies4:9

correct54:14 56:10

cost13:20 26:23 27:4,14

costs13:12 14:7,15 16:6

18:22,22 19:4,10,1419:23,23 20:12 26:21

Counsel2:5 7:4

counselors11:7

count11:16 17:2

country20:20

County52:10 56:3

course53:21

court56:6

cover12:10 20:12

COVID

9:6COVID-194:24 12:1 39:22 44:14

CPS1:1 8:23 14:9 17:16

19:23 28:1,23 30:431:17 35:12,19 39:1639:24 41:20,24 42:842:24 43:4,6,15 44:844:16,17 45:2,3,4,1847:8 50:24

CPS's41:4,7,9

CPS.EDU3:22

cpsboe.org3:21 5:2 54:10

create36:8 43:9

created9:5 11:24 44:12 45:23

crises12:1

critical26:5

crumbling46:1

CSR1:23 56:15

CTA43:11

CTU52:17

cultural24:18

current26:9 38:17,24 52:22

currently24:2 32:23 51:10

curriculum29:9 49:10,16,21

cushions40:4

cut11:20 38:6

Ddaily17:23

dangerous52:17

data26:12

date4:18,20 18:17

dated4:23 6:1

daughter30:11,15

day26:24 27:1,1,5 47:1,1

day-to-day13:1 15:20

Dearborn4:14 5:22 22:24

debt13:16,18 18:14,17,18

18:20 20:9decisions8:9,18 20:15 47:3

dedicated19:19,20 20:1 34:3

Deepak

23:12del1:11,14 3:4,5 6:3,21,23

7:8 22:2 38:2 40:2450:23 54:5,12,1555:1,4

delayed39:8

denied39:8,11

department20:17 49:1 52:3,10

deserve37:9 47:12 52:18

despite18:4

devastated44:13

develop47:10

developed26:18

developmentally48:12

devices9:11 40:5

Devote42:23

dialogue7:23

difference27:15

different49:5

dire51:6

directly15:11,12,14,17 16:2

17:3,18disabilities15:4 39:23 40:7 41:15

41:16 42:2,16disability42:14

disadvantaged44:11

disappointed29:12

disaster4:22 52:13

discover48:12

disheartening45:20

distance42:6,21

District8:6,19 9:3 14:4 15:13

15:21 16:3 18:5,826:8 27:3,20,2230:16 31:14

District's10:17,22 11:9 18:3,16

20:13 27:2District-wide31:11

districts14:11 19:6,8

diverse32:19,21 33:19,22 34:3

diversity24:24

diverting

19:22doing33:7 41:13 49:2 56:6

dollar10:3

dollars12:23 14:20 15:22 16:9

19:22 20:21 53:9domino44:13

Dr2:2 7:3 50:24

dream36:9

drive8:9

driven12:14

dual24:14

due36:17 42:2,7 52:21

duly56:5

duties47:5

DWAYNE1:20

Ee-mail39:4 46:19

earlier50:11

early48:10 49:1,11,17,20

easily36:7

economic8:12 10:20 45:3

economically44:11

ed26:22 28:1 34:2 38:5

39:16educate29:15

educating49:14

education2:6 4:3,7,12,16 6:2 7:6

10:21 15:4 25:2226:2 27:7,11 29:4,730:10,13,17,24 31:531:13,18 37:4,939:13,20,24 41:1,341:13,18 47:8 48:9

educational21:5,7 41:21 44:15,17

45:4educator48:10

educators25:24 26:11,23,24 27:2

29:12effect44:23

effects44:14

efficiently38:19

Eighty-five13:12


3

either53:1

EL32:20,22

elected47:5 50:14

electronic5:4

electronically3:9

elementary23:24 31:14 32:12

33:14 35:10 45:1946:23 51:5 52:2053:9,16

elements7:24

elevator46:9

Elizabeth1:19 48:3

ELs32:23

emergency12:10 52:6

employees17:20

empowered47:2

encourage27:22 54:13

ended18:9 38:7

engage21:12 40:1

engaged7:21,24 8:2

engagement7:19,22 8:15,20

Englewood31:1

English28:17,20 29:23 51:23

enhance41:13

enjoy42:15

enrollment10:11 51:12,14 52:24

ensure26:1 27:24 31:4,16

ensuring26:6,23,24 27:11

entrusted47:2,20

environment51:20 52:18

equipment16:24

equitable26:7 34:5

equity8:13 10:17 42:9 43:16

equivalent19:9,12 27:14

error39:5

escalate19:24

ESP16:16

especially31:18 46:14 48:14,17

essential20:18

establish29:8

Estela2:9 6:3

estimate12:3

et40:5

evening3:4 7:15,17 25:14

40:23 49:6 50:18,2351:3 54:22

event52:5

eventual12:12

evidence-based14:6

exceed12:6 35:19

excellent48:16 49:12

excited48:11

excludes41:15

Executive2:2

existing13:11

expand46:7

expansion11:1 21:9 24:1 25:2

51:7,18 52:24 53:1553:18

expansions13:10

expect19:11

expecting33:21

expedite22:18

expense44:12

expenses12:11 16:22 44:20,22

experience35:11

experiences48:19

experiencing27:16

experiment36:22

experts8:4

explanation39:5

exposed52:6

expressed49:3

external21:22

extra39:19 42:20

Ffaced

45:3facilitate22:18

facilities13:12 17:3

facility9:18 21:4,11

faculty52:6,15

fall10:11

falling46:2

familiar39:7

families24:12 43:16 44:9,13,14

45:3family24:16,19 41:16

far35:19

fascia47:7

Fatigato1:23 56:5,15

February8:2

Federal11:23 12:2 13:3 14:20

14:22,24 15:6 20:4,720:18

feedback8:7

feel31:19

fellow3:6

fewer38:12

fidget40:4

fight37:7

fighting37:1,3

file4:11

filed4:10

filled5:9 22:14

finally13:15 15:19 20:23

21:15 45:22financial12:15 18:5 20:9,14

find7:12

fire52:3

first3:7,8,10 5:10,19 7:18

22:15 23:4,8 35:2341:7,17 43:5 54:6,2056:5

firsthand35:11

fiscal4:2,8 18:11

fiscally47:19

five

4:9 41:11five-year10:3

floor43:5

floors41:17,18

focus13:23

FOIA26:12

followed17:10

following3:1 5:11 28:15 29:21

forced51:24

foregoing56:9

form4:9 5:21 22:22

format5:4

former52:9

formula14:7 38:14,17 39:1,5

forward47:20

found8:23

four51:11

frame50:9

Friday5:8 22:13

front18:3 23:23

FTE11:2,11,16 17:9

FTEs17:6,17

full8:22 42:2

full-day11:1

fully20:8,17 41:6,23 42:9

42:13 43:7,10,14fun35:24

functions20:18

fund11:5 14:23 20:17

funded13:2,21 17:10 19:7

funding7:23 8:1,4,13,17,20

10:10,21 11:18,2312:5,6,9,22 13:3,1313:16,19 14:6,6,1414:24 15:3,5,7,1516:4 19:2,18 20:5,1120:15,17 21:15,18,2021:22 25:21 27:9,2429:1 30:7 37:8 43:1244:15 53:11

fundings12:4

funds13:13 15:10 16:19

20:10 27:21 31:4,1639:22 43:5 44:19

further38:18 42:6,21

future46:6

FY5:20

FY2055:2

FY202018:10

FY20211:1 8:12 18:19 20:12

FY205919:17

FY213:11 4:1,8 7:9,17,18

9:3 11:19,22 13:1717:16 18:13 19:1121:2 22:21 54:2455:1,6

FY2220:14 54:20

GG6:3

gap11:24

gaps26:20

gem47:15

gender-based25:17 27:16,18

general2:4 3:18 7:4 34:2

generated13:14

generation27:19

gentlemen3:5

getting33:1

Give7:11

given4:6,6 46:4 56:12

giving32:20

go7:13 28:6 33:2

goal41:24

goals48:24 49:10,16

going12:17 31:12 34:1 35:9

55:5good3:4 7:15 25:14 32:10

40:23 46:11 50:18,23Google49:3

government20:19

grade30:12 35:22

grader35:9

graduated

30:11Graham44:5

grant8:13 10:17 20:10

grants14:8

graph16:11 17:14

grateful53:20

gray16:10 18:7

great34:7

green18:24 53:10

grew24:19

Grissom32:12 33:13 35:2,9

37:3,9group8:3

grouping22:20

grow11:12 19:16,20

growing10:16 52:23

grown51:12

guaranteed10:11 21:16

Gubernatorial4:22

guidelines35:20

gym36:13,15 41:22

Hhalf27:1 31:6,9 41:24 53:8

hallway33:2 52:1

hallways24:7 52:15

Hand38:4

happy45:21

harassment31:21

hard36:17

hardship8:12 10:20

harsh36:17

hazard36:14

head17:2

Healing25:16,23 28:22 30:3

health4:24 26:17 29:2,3,5,7

30:8,9,13,22,24 31:331:17

hear23:16 25:9,10 28:12

32:5 37:20 40:17,18


4

45:13,14 48:5,650:19,20

heard33:10 54:18

hearing1:2 3:7,8,10,13,16 4:19

4:21 5:9 22:11 23:254:4,17,21,21 55:656:9,12

hearings4:1,17 5:5,15

Heather7:10 22:3

held1:4,9 5:3 38:11

Hello32:3 35:4 37:18 38:2

45:17 48:5help44:19 49:4,13 53:3,16

helped8:8

helping49:4

hesitate53:23

Hi28:21 35:8 40:21,23

43:23high11:15 28:24

high-need11:5

high-quality9:19,24 42:8

higher14:22 32:17

highlight24:11

highlights10:18 18:3

hold4:16

holding3:8

home26:5 33:15 44:20

Homeland52:10

homeroom32:21 34:12

homerooms51:16

homes31:19 40:9

honor40:9

hope25:1 32:13 33:23

hoping34:9

house33:12

Hughes37:17,17,18,19,21 38:1

38:3 40:13human11:3

hurt42:19

hybrid9:9

Iidentifying43:12

IEP33:3,4 38:11

IEPs38:8 40:8

Ihana23:9,9,11

Illinois4:14 6:1 14:9 19:6 56:1

illustrated18:22

illustrates15:9 18:16

illustration16:9

immediate51:17

impact15:17 20:13

impacted25:20

impacting15:12

implement27:7 30:24

implementation26:7,20 29:3 30:9

implemented31:5,10,13

implementing26:22

implore47:8

important31:6

importantly46:24

improve10:4 40:10

improved18:4

improvement41:5,8 43:2

improvements9:16,21 34:7 47:14

53:14improving41:19

in-person9:9

incidents31:20

include8:10 9:10,18 11:18

16:23 31:16 42:1152:13

included9:14 12:7 47:13 52:11

includes9:6 10:16 11:22 13:4

14:5 15:2 16:1817:16 20:4 21:3,19

including9:7 10:18 12:11 18:10

20:9 21:1 31:1452:11

inclusive14:22

income24:15 51:21

inconsistent

24:8incorrect38:15,17

increase10:22 14:21

increased19:2 51:14

increases14:12

increasing10:20 21:12 24:3

incredibly52:16

individually51:4

Individuals15:4 22:16

inequity19:5

inform8:8

information30:14

informed8:14

inspection4:10

instruction24:6 52:2

instructional9:13 16:23

insulting45:20

interest13:19

INTERPRETER28:21 30:2

invested31:8 46:12

investigate39:10

investing27:13 32:14

investment9:15,24 10:4,16,23

13:8 17:8 21:2,442:24 43:4

investments8:9 9:2 10:5,15 11:2,3

11:10,17 17:6 21:8involved46:18

issuance13:14

issue35:15 39:11 45:3 46:5

issued7:20

issues29:14 35:13 37:7

items9:12 40:4,5

JJackson2:2 7:3,21 50:24

Jamie53:11

Janice2:2 7:3

January8:2

job

33:6Joseph2:4 7:3

Juarez31:1

July4:23

June18:10 38:7

justice11:6

KK27:12 52:23 56:3

K-1212:5

Karen1:23 56:5,15

Karla23:14 25:7,15

keeps52:7

Kellogg45:19 46:10 47:4,4,9

47:14,15,21,22Kellogg's45:21 46:17,23

key8:9 9:1 26:19 27:10

kids34:10

kind7:19 32:24 39:6

kindly53:17

knew38:18

know29:13 51:8

known4:3,13

Llab53:12

laboratory36:22

labs9:22 21:11

lack42:2,7,18 52:2

ladies3:5

landings52:1

Lane31:2

language24:14 35:16 51:23

languages24:13 51:22

larger24:10

largest10:22 13:7 14:13 16:14

17:8 21:4Lastly43:9

LaTANYA2:6 7:5

launch10:3

launched26:1

lead39:7 46:20

leaders10:6,8

leadership7:20 8:6 25:18 43:15

51:1learn32:22 48:21 49:5 52:19

learned30:15

learner33:22

learners32:19,22 33:20 34:4

51:23learning9:8,9 12:12 40:2,3,10

44:12,21 48:14,1949:2 51:19 53:13

leave33:2

led39:1

legally39:8

lessons26:5

let's7:9 22:6 33:15

level19:7

levels10:10 20:8

levy19:20

LGBTQ29:10

librarians11:6

library34:12,14 41:22

LIC56:16

License1:24

lifetime46:13

Lightfoot7:21

limitations52:21

limiting41:17

Lindblom31:1

line18:7 23:12,15

list23:8 31:24 50:13

literally46:1

little12:18 13:24 30:6,19

32:17,24live30:18

livestream5:2

living24:20 31:19 41:2

lobby3:20

local13:2 14:12,14,16

located26:14

location15:9 16:8

logical46:7

long-term18:17 33:14 43:9,13

longstanding18:20

look32:15,15 33:19 47:20

looked20:5 26:22

looking15:8 18:14,21 20:23

looks32:16

Lori7:20

losses12:13

lot29:11 49:3

low24:15 51:21

low-income44:9

lower14:10

LSC46:17,20 47:1

LSCs8:17

LUCINO1:18

LUISIANA1:16

Lunchroom15:3

MMadam3:12

Madison3:20

magnet34:15,15 36:1

mail22:23

mailed5:22

main46:5

major12:21

majority12:22 18:12 26:13

making34:6 41:22

Management17:4

managers11:10

mandated39:8

manmade52:13

manner


5

47:10Maria28:8 29:19 30:2,5

Martin43:22,22,23 44:1,3,4

Mary37:16 38:3

materials8:21

math35:17

matters37:10

mayor7:20 47:3

McDADE2:6 7:5

mean46:10 49:19

meaningful26:4

means26:24

meant24:5

meet18:6 19:21 20:2

meeting5:2 33:3,4

meetings38:11

Meets49:3

Melendez1:16 6:9,10

Melissa32:1,11

member6:7,7,8,9,10,14,16,17

6:18,19,20 28:2230:3

members1:13 3:6 5:19 6:6 7:1

7:15 8:1,4,5,5 22:422:20 25:14 26:630:21 38:3 39:1040:24 41:16 48:950:24 52:17,18 54:15

mentioned15:5

methods5:12

middle35:19

Miguel1:11,14 3:5 6:2

miles33:17

million9:4,15,18,21 10:15,17

10:21,24 11:20,2313:6,8,17 18:19 21:221:5,16,19,21 41:841:10,10 43:3 45:1853:9

minimum26:11

minor16:24

minutes22:17 23:20 25:11 32:8

35:6 37:23 38:840:19 44:1

miscalculated41:12

mobility41:14 42:1,14

model9:8,9

models9:6,13

modern9:22

modular46:1,12

moment7:12

money33:13 46:11 47:19

Moriarty2:4 7:4

mother28:23 30:4 31:15

move23:13

Moving12:17 13:23 18:2,21

multi-million10:3

multi-purpose32:24

multi-year11:10

multiple31:10

Nname23:5 25:14 28:21 30:2

32:10 35:8 38:340:24 44:4 45:17

natural52:13

necessary9:23 12:10 13:19 21:9

need18:6 33:2 39:19 40:8

42:5 43:13 44:14,1548:18 51:6,17

needed32:19 40:2 49:4

needs9:19 11:8 21:5,11

39:24 40:10 42:843:2 45:21,21 46:1746:23 53:6

negative18:9,12

neighborhood8:11 9:19 24:17 30:6

51:9 52:21neighboring53:1

net18:3,11

network16:6 38:23

never46:11

new9:24 10:15 21:20 26:17

newspaper3:17

night52:8

non-personnel

16:22nonprofit25:17

Noonan45:9,10,11,12,14,17,18

47:17,18 48:1normal14:7 34:2

north4:13 5:22 22:24 37:5

42:6 46:8,9 53:12note6:5 22:10 24:16 50:7

54:23noted50:11

notes56:10

notice3:13,16,21,24 4:1,5

November39:9

Nugent50:15,17,17,18,22 51:1

number23:14 24:3,9 28:5,8

29:19 32:1 35:237:16 38:8,9 40:1543:21 45:9

numbers24:6 32:15

nurse11:13

nurses11:14

OO56:3,3

O'Shea45:19

oath56:6

obligation19:15,22

obligations18:6 20:2

obviously34:17

occur33:3

occurred22:15

occurring33:4

occurs5:10,18 23:4

ODLSS38:14,22,23 39:2

offered37:4

offerings21:13,18

office3:19 4:11 8:6 16:5

17:24 26:16 29:1,530:7,22 31:3 32:2453:23

Officer2:3,7,8 7:6,7

officer's27:14

officers

11:19 27:23officials50:15

Oh40:21 55:4

Okay34:23 35:7 45:11 48:8

54:12 55:6olds48:13

once32:13 33:24 35:12

onetime20:11

ongoing8:19 12:15 15:2 53:20

online5:12 31:20 44:11

opening12:12

operate15:23

operating2:8 7:7 12:23 13:4,24

14:3,11,15,20 15:815:10,14 16:1,8,1416:18 17:6,10 19:2220:3

operations13:2 15:18,21

opportunities48:19

opportunity36:8,22 51:3

option33:8

options20:6,11

order22:17,19 34:12 36:4

39:20outcomes40:10

outlining8:22

Outside19:8

outstanding18:18

overall12:20 13:18 14:3,11,15

15:14 16:18 17:2418:4 21:1

overcrowded24:2 35:14 36:21 37:2

51:9,16 53:1overcrowding35:11 51:18 53:4,17

overview1:1 7:16

owned33:11

Pp.m1:10 3:3 4:19,19,21,21

5:8,17,18,23 22:1422:24 23:4 55:11

packages12:5

Palmer53:12

pandemic

5:1 12:16 33:24 34:1paper36:10

parent41:15 44:5

parenting41:16

parents8:3 24:20 29:11 33:4

39:14 46:24 48:17,1749:3,6,14

part30:15 33:16 39:14

52:11participation5:3,14

particular14:10

partition41:4

partners49:14

parts26:10

Passage17:4

Paulina35:2,3,5,8

pay13:19

paying45:23

pays13:1,10

Payton31:2

peers42:6,16

pencil36:10

pension13:6 14:7 16:12 18:22

18:22 19:10,13,14,15pensions19:1,7

people43:6 45:22

percent11:20 12:24 13:9,12,18

14:3,14 15:1,13,1515:20 16:1,5,17,2117:17,20,21,23 24:1324:15 26:8 30:1643:3 44:10,24 51:1051:11,13,14,16,21,2252:20

Perfect50:22

performing34:16 36:1

period5:11

permanently46:6

person5:16 23:3 44:24 46:13

personal13:22 14:17 24:16

Peterson53:12

phone5:12

physically

7:4pictures46:3

piece13:7 16:13 17:14

place36:14 46:7

places42:20

plan21:1,15,19 41:5,9

43:10,12,14 45:2346:4,9,16,18 47:4,647:11,13

platform5:4

please3:12 7:10 23:5,9 25:7,8

28:5,10,13,20 29:1932:1 35:3 37:16 39:439:10,21 40:15,16,2040:22 43:9,21,2245:9 48:4,7 49:1953:22

pleased7:16

police27:14

policies29:9

policy26:9,18,18 29:6 31:11

31:13 41:1portion14:10,13 16:10,11 17:7

17:8 19:18poses52:4

position11:4 12:15 18:4,5,10

18:12 20:14positions11:7,13,16 17:9,15,24

18:1 38:6,10,13 39:439:12,17

possible36:2 38:20

possibly44:21 52:22

posted3:19,21

potential12:4 21:21 45:5

potentially52:7

power25:19

PPE9:11

practice26:1

practices24:8 36:16

pre-K9:22 11:1 21:9 33:9,12

33:15preclude46:6

predominantly44:9

preparation9:8 39:14

prepared


6

4:7preparing52:12

present1:13 2:1 6:6,13 7:1,5

44:6presentation7:10 8:21 22:1

presented46:15

President1:14,15 3:4,15 6:3,5,11

6:13,21,23 7:2,8,1421:24 22:2,9 23:7,1125:6 28:3,18 29:1829:24 31:23 34:2437:15 38:2 40:14,2343:20 48:2,9 50:2,650:14,23 54:3,5,9,1254:15,24 55:1,4,9

presiding1:11

prevent27:18

preventing27:23

previous16:7

prima47:6

primarily13:1,21 14:17 16:19

primary21:3 24:4

Principal3:19

principals8:3,16 13:20 38:15

39:11priorities21:14 43:13

prioritize41:20 42:17

priority9:17

privacy33:5

procedure3:13

proceed7:10 22:7 23:19 25:6

25:12 30:1 31:2332:9 35:1,6 37:15,2440:14,22 43:20 45:845:16 48:2,7 50:14

proceedings1:8 3:2 55:10 56:8,11

process7:19

Proclamation4:23

program36:1 48:15 49:9,11,12

49:15,20programmatic21:13

programming11:1 21:5,7

programs10:1 42:8,15

project41:9

projected

51:11projecting18:11

projects9:17 18:19

property13:22 14:17,18 19:19

19:20proportion14:22

proportions16:14

proposal9:2 10:14 21:23 45:18

proposals12:4,23

proposed7:16 11:18 13:16 18:15

18:19 20:4,16,2421:1

protect4:23 20:19

proud44:5

prove46:3

proven47:15 49:13

provide7:16 9:12 17:2,21 21:8

40:6 43:5 44:1851:19

provided10:6,13 15:23

providers39:15

provides10:19 12:9,19,20 14:1

16:8 17:5 19:1848:16 49:12

providing11:4 20:5

provisions3:11

prudent47:11

public1:2 3:16,24 4:1,3,5,10

4:13,17 5:1,3,5,14,155:19,19 22:7,11,1822:20 49:18 54:4

public's4:24

published3:17,24 49:18

purchase49:19

purchased49:19

purpose3:9 33:7

Pursuant4:22

pursuing46:20

push36:3

put8:14 43:6

puts46:9

Q

quality37:4

quarter44:19

question25:21 28:24 30:7 31:9

questions22:5 53:22 54:16,17,19

quickly35:13

quite32:15

quorum7:1

RRaise38:4

Ramirez32:1,2,3,4,6,10,11

34:19,20,23rate32:18

reach11:15 53:23

read3:23

readiness52:12

ready34:11 48:21

ReadyRosie48:15,24

real36:21

really7:22 8:8 45:21

reason20:20 38:12

receive10:9 14:4 15:13 19:8

19:11 26:4 27:1 37:337:8

receiving29:13 30:17 32:23

45:22recognize53:7

recommendations8:8,23 42:11

reconsider32:14 34:9

record3:13,23 22:10 23:6

50:7,10redirect41:4

redirected27:21

reduce51:18

reduced11:19

reemphasize51:5

reflect10:6,15 39:17

reflected9:2 10:14 11:17 21:23

24:23 38:8reflects7:18 8:10 9:3 21:16

refused

39:2regarding3:11 29:9 54:17

regardless28:1

register5:16

registered22:16 23:3 50:8

registration5:6,10 22:11

reinforce26:5

reinvested33:13

related5:20 12:11 22:21 39:15

relation8:17

released45:18

reliance14:12

relieve53:3,16

relocated33:9

remain24:18,21 38:16 44:23

44:23remaining16:4,21

remodeled33:12

remote9:7 12:11 39:12,24

40:2 44:21 48:1449:2

remotely39:20

renovations13:10

reoccurring44:19

repair17:1

replacement13:22 14:18

report1:8 8:22 32:16

reported1:23 56:8

reporter56:6

represent12:24 14:13,14 16:11

24:12Representative53:11

representatives47:6

represented19:3

representing13:17 15:1

represents12:3 14:10,21 17:7,15

18:7reps38:23

repurposing24:5

request

26:12 53:17requested38:15

require20:15 27:6

requirements26:10

requires26:10 39:13

requiring38:9

research49:13

resolved38:21

resource11:3,19

resources9:4 17:2 21:17 26:19

31:7,10 37:8 43:7respond54:7,9

response4:24

responsibility52:11

responsible47:19

restorative11:5

return9:8 34:2

revenue12:2,14 14:2,9,19

19:19 20:1revenues13:3,21 14:2,3,4,11,12

14:14 15:6revisit20:15

Revuluri1:15 6:12,13

RFP21:13

rich48:19

rid34:12

right26:8 29:5 32:15 47:3

rights41:2

rigorous48:22

Rivera2:8 7:6

robust7:22

role43:15

Rome1:17 6:7,7,8

room3:19 7:5 33:1

rooms24:5

Roosevelt28:24

Ssafe17:4 31:20 51:19 52:18

safety

24:4,8 52:5Saint33:9,10

salaries16:12,15,16,16

salary13:5 16:20 27:15,22

Samantha51:1

sane46:13

Saucedo30:5

Sauganash23:24 24:12,17,20,21

34:7 51:4,8,12,18,2152:20 53:16

Sauganash's53:3

says56:6

scenarios52:14,14

scheduled38:19

schedules40:3

school3:10 7:23 8:1,4,20 10:6

10:8,9,12,13 11:8,1812:12 15:19 16:417:11,18,19 19:621:21 24:2,12,15,1826:12 27:5 28:2430:5 32:12,14 33:1633:16 34:1,8,10,1635:10,14,18,19,2436:11,12,13,14,17,2337:2 38:7,9,10,19,2439:9 41:4,11,1942:12,13 43:10,1444:8,24 51:5,6,9 52:352:12,21 53:5,9

school's15:18 24:23 25:1

schools4:4,13 8:11 9:16,20

11:5 13:11 15:13,1515:21 16:2 17:3,1817:22 20:17,19 26:1327:3,8 30:23 31:1,6,731:14 39:2 41:5,2241:24 42:7,9,17,1942:22 43:7 48:2249:18 53:1,7

science9:22 21:11 35:17 36:20

53:12scratched45:2

screen7:12

sculptures36:9

seat40:4

SECA38:8,10,12,17,21 39:1

39:8,12,17SECAs38:5,14 39:15

second23:10 54:21


7

secondary15:7

Secondly36:11

Secretary2:9 3:12,14 6:4,9,11,14

6:17,19,21,24 22:823:18 25:4,10 28:328:18 29:16,24 31:2232:4,7 34:19,21,2435:5 37:11,14,19,2240:12,18,22 43:1,1843:24 45:6,12,1547:17,24 48:6 49:2249:24 50:5,20 54:1,854:14,23 55:3,8

secure53:11

Security52:10

see15:12 18:8 19:4 23:15

31:15 33:13 34:839:4 47:14

segment5:3 22:7,19 54:4

segments5:14

SEIU52:18

SENDHIL1:15

sense47:11

sensory40:4

sent17:22 39:5

seriously34:9 41:12

Serrano28:9 29:19,20 30:3

serve52:22

serves44:9

service13:16,18 18:15,20 20:9

29:8 39:15services15:16,22 17:1,21 32:23

32:24 33:1 39:6,8set40:8

seven7:1

severe42:7,18

sex26:22 28:1

sexual25:22 26:2 27:7 29:3,7

30:9,17,24 31:12,17share34:4

shared38:16,18

sharing33:22

shining47:15

shirking47:5

shooter52:14

shore39:22

short49:12

short-term11:24 12:13

shortfall38:20 39:1

shorthand56:8,10

show18:23

showing16:13

shows16:7 19:15 26:13

sic54:20

side12:20 19:24 37:5 42:6

53:12sides26:15 30:19 42:4,18

signed5:16

significant20:13 24:6 52:4

similar15:21

Similarly11:11

simply35:22

single10:22

sit36:19 47:9

site33:15

six8:1

size33:23 52:21

sizes37:6

skills27:17 48:20

slide12:17,19 13:23 14:1

16:7,8 17:5 18:2,1618:21,23

slots5:9 22:14

smaller37:6

social11:13,14 48:20

software16:24

solicit8:6

solution33:14

solved35:15

sorry5:4 8:5

Sotelo1:18 6:19,20

sources14:2,17 21:19

south26:15 30:19 42:4,17

space32:19,21 52:2,16 53:3

53:10spaces9:23 41:21

Spanish28:16 29:22

speak5:6,16 22:16 23:3,23

47:23 51:3speaker23:8,10,12,13,14 25:7

28:4,4,6,8 29:1931:24 32:1 35:1,237:16,16 40:15,1543:21,21 45:8,9 48:348:3

speakers22:19 50:8 54:6

speakers'23:8 31:24 50:13

speaking23:24

special10:21 30:13 38:5 39:13

39:16,20,24specific11:2,8

specifically8:14 9:5 10:19 13:24

18:14spend43:5

spending41:9

spirits24:19

split35:17

splitting35:14

spoke30:21

spoken5:17 23:4 24:13 28:16

29:22 51:4,22sports36:13,14

spring10:10

SS56:2

stabilization12:9 14:23 15:7 20:4

20:10,16,21stabilizing12:13

staff16:20 17:11,19,22

38:19 46:23 52:9staffing38:17,20 39:1,1,22

staggering38:21

stairwell52:1

stakeholder8:20

standard33:23

start

9:1 23:7 38:21state3:12 13:3,21 14:2,4,9

18:23 19:17 21:2023:5 28:19 53:1056:1

State's12:14

station43:11

STENOGRAPHIC1:8

Steuben53:13

stipend44:15,17,22 45:4

storage51:24

straight10:8

strain20:1

strategies20:9 48:24 49:7

strategy21:16 43:13 49:10,16

Street3:20 4:14

strengthen9:19

strongly53:15

structure15:24

student17:13 19:4,9,12 26:3

26:17 28:23 29:1,530:8,22 31:3 32:2238:7 40:10 52:22,24

students10:20 24:3,7,10,14

27:12 28:1 29:8,1029:15 30:4,6,16,1831:17,19 32:20 34:235:21 37:3,5,6,9 39:739:18,23 40:1,6 41:641:14 42:1,5,10,1442:19,21 43:8,1644:6,10,16,18,1845:4 46:24 51:19,2352:6,17 53:21

students'41:20

submit5:19 22:21 50:10 54:9

subscription48:23

substitute27:4

successful47:22

successfully9:13

suggested38:22

Suite4:14 5:23 22:24

summer38:11

Sun-Times3:17

supplies9:11 16:23 36:5,6

support9:10,22,23 10:19 12:10

15:20 17:11,13,18,1920:7 26:4 39:19,2253:7,15

supporting30:23

supports8:16 9:6 16:2,5 18:18

supposed35:24

sure29:7 31:12

surface45:2

surplus14:18

sworn56:5

system44:8,10

Ttable46:17

tables36:16

take8:24 26:24 36:18 43:15

47:3taken56:11

talk12:18 39:11

targeted11:2 52:7

tax13:2 14:18 19:19,20

taxes13:22 14:17

taxpayers47:12,20

teach34:13 36:4,6

teacher13:6 14:7 16:12,12,15

17:18 19:15 27:429:13 32:20 34:1836:3 48:24 49:10,16

teachers17:8,9 33:22 39:15,18

48:13 49:2 51:15,24teams36:15

Tech31:2

ten30:23

tentative4:9 22:22

thank3:14 6:24 7:7,8,11,14

22:2,8 23:18,21,2225:2,4,13 28:2 29:1529:16 31:21,22 32:734:21 35:7 37:11,1337:14,21,22 38:140:11,12,13 43:17,1843:19,24 44:3 45:5,645:16 47:23,24 48:148:8 49:22,23,2450:3,5,21,22 51:253:18,23 54:1,5 55:7

55:8thereof4:9

things16:23

thinking55:5

third10:8 13:15 14:19 17:14

25:7 35:12Thirdly36:20

thousand30:5

three12:21 33:22,23 44:5

thrive48:21

thrust46:19

Thursday5:23 23:1

TIF14:18

tightening46:15

Tim45:9,17

time4:19,21 8:24 17:6 22:6

23:22 25:2 30:1334:11 35:12 39:14,2345:1 46:14 50:953:19,24

timers40:4

times38:21

title15:2

today3:7 6:6 41:3,24 44:6

54:18today's22:7 48:21

Todd-Breland1:19 6:15,16

told16:1 17:16 31:3

tool48:12

tools27:17 40:3,7,8 48:16

Torrejon35:3,4,7,8 37:12,13

total16:17 21:22 41:10 43:4

touch26:16

trained26:11

training27:2 29:12

transcript56:10

translated28:17 29:23

translation29:17

translator28:19 30:1

transportation16:24


8

travel42:5,21

tremendous24:24

tried49:15

Triplett48:3,4,5,7,8 49:23 50:1

50:3true56:9

Truss1:20 6:17,18

trying7:12

Tuesday4:18 5:6 22:12

tuition16:19

turn8:7

Twenty-four51:22

two4:16 5:5 21:3 22:17

23:19 25:11 26:1127:2 30:4 32:8 35:637:23 40:19 44:1

types9:7

Uultimately48:22

unacceptable35:22

undergoing53:13

understand33:24

understanding12:6 20:3

unexpected44:12

Union51:15

unique53:6,6

unmute28:10,13

upgrades21:10

use34:13 36:13 47:1 48:13

48:16 49:7,17,2051:24

useful46:13

utilization32:16

utilizes20:16

Utilizing20:8

VValle1:11,14 3:4,5 6:3,22,23

7:8 22:2 38:2 40:2450:23 54:5,12,1555:1,4

various12:18 24:22

varying9:7

Vice1:15 6:11,13

videos49:12

view12:21 17:5

Village30:6,20

violations52:4

violence25:18 27:16,18,23

Virgil35:9

virtually1:9

visual40:3

vital49:14

Volta53:9

Von53:13

voters47:2

Wwalk33:17,18

walking9:1

walls46:2

want32:12 34:10 47:14,18

51:5wanted49:7

wanton46:16

Ward50:16 51:2 53:8

waste46:16

way36:16 41:23 46:12 55:4

we'll23:10,13 25:6 28:4,6

29:18 31:23 35:137:15 40:14 43:2045:8 48:2 50:14

we're11:3,9,13 12:17 14:23

18:11 33:7 34:13we've12:7 26:15

weather36:17

website5:21 8:24 22:23 54:11

websites3:22

Wednesday4:20

welcome3:6 41:7 50:3

Wellness26:17 29:2,6 30:8,22

31:3Wells

31:2Wendell7:10,11

west3:20 26:15 30:18 42:4

42:18whichever5:10,18 22:15 23:4

willing43:4

winter7:22

work11:13 15:11 16:6 36:24

52:19 54:22worked12:5 53:10

workers11:14

workforce48:22

working8:2 29:6 39:18 47:21

works25:17

workshops8:1

worse24:9

written5:20 22:21,22 50:11

54:10wrong47:4

www.cps.edu/budget4:15

www.cpsboe.org5:12,22 22:23 50:12

XX38:8

Yyear4:2,8 8:14 10:5,8,17

14:21 15:1 18:9,1124:4,9 25:22 30:1133:21 41:10 48:1351:13,13

year's11:21

years19:3,16,21 35:10 41:11

47:16,22 48:10 51:11yellow17:7

young48:17 49:5,8

youths25:24

Yun40:16,16,17,21,23 41:1

43:1,2,18

Zzero18:7

zip26:3 28:2

zones10:20

Zoom

1:3,10 3:9

0084-0040721:24 56:16

114:13 5:22 22:24 42:13

1.314:24 33:17

1.8514:5

106:1 17:5 19:21 37:16

10:305:7 22:12

10041:10 44:24 52:20

100,0008:11

113:20,22 5:7 15:20 18:2

22:12 40:1511,00017:12

11032:16

1218:16 27:12 43:21

12451:10

12510:15

12627:5

1317:20 18:21,23

13651:11

1445:9 52:18

14th5:8 22:13

1519:21 48:3,11

1623:12 51:15

17438:5,12

175,00027:6,6,13

181:5 10:24 11:20

18th3:7 4:18 5:17

194:20 15:1

19th5:18

2242:17

2041:8,9 43:3

20-year-old43:11

20,00017:9

20025:23

2014

18:82029:21 21:6

20201:5 3:8,20,22 4:18,20

4:23 5:7,8,24 6:222:12,13 23:1

2020-214:2,8

202138:6

20th5:23 23:1

215:20 9:2 51:16

2255:3,6

2316:21

244:23

2509:16

2714:2

27-minute33:18

2848:10

2924:14

29.551:21

3317:23 23:14 42:23 43:3

45:18 48:133.713:4

3.7514:15

305:9 11:4 22:14

3069:18

30th18:10

3135:21

3125:13

31421:5

320019:9

35311:22

3615:15

39,00017:17

39th50:16 51:2 53:8

4427:13 28:5 48:13 51:13

4:004:21

4011:11 19:16 24:13

42

3:204352:17

4410:17 11:14 51:22

4524:13

46227:3

4815:13

4th35:21

5516:5 28:8 29:19

5,00017:15

5:005:8,23 22:14,24

5011:20 21:19

5007:24 44:18

5414:14

5511:14 21:21

6612:17,19 32:1 51:14

6.912:24

6:004:19,21 5:18

6:021:10 3:3

606024:15

6539:15 21:16

66452:17

7713:23 14:1

7:0655:11

7026:8 30:15

71113:17 18:19

74219:12

759:4

75813:8 21:2,22

7651:16

76.444:10

7716:17

7th35:9

88


9

13:17 35:2 52:248.118:17

8:004:19 5:17 23:4

8047:16,22

8312:24

8417:20

88613:5

8th30:11 35:21

9913:8 16:8

9516:1

9504:14 5:23 22:24

9710:21 17:17

989-73135:13

Documents

FY2021 CPS BUDGET OVERVIEW PUBLIC HEARING August 18, … · 2020. 8. 18. · Chicago, Illinois (312) 263-0052 McCorkle Litigation Services, Inc. 3 1 (Whereupon, the following 2 proceedings