The Local School Councils serve as the policy-making body of the school. LSCs have remained an important vehicle for participatory democracy, allowing not only educators but parents the opportunity to make important decisions about how their children will be educated. It’s through these decisions that parents are connected with; educators to better align family and community engagement goals to student achievement; community members to help leverage community resources for the school; and other parents to share best practices and success stories.
LSC membership is a reflection of engaged and empowered parent, community, student, and educational leaders. It is through LSCs that parents are given a unique opportunity to have a voice in the decision-making table and engage in student-driven dialogue with community members, educators, students, and other parents.
Chicago Public Schools have Local School Councils (LSC) which are responsible for three main duties:
- Approving how school funds and resources are allocated
- Developing and monitoring the annual School Improvement Plan
- Evaluating and selecting the school’s principal
Traditional Local School Councils consist of the following members:
- 6 parents
- 2 community members
- 2 teachers
- 1 non-teacher staff
- school’s principal
- student representative (high school LSCs only)
Meeting Dates
LSC meetings at 6:30 PM in Room 113 (or via Zoom) every 3rd Thursday of the month, on the following dates, except for June 2:
- September 16, 2021
- October 21, 2021
- November 18, 2021 [Parent/Teacher Conference / Thanksgiving ]
- December 16, 2021 [ Winter Break Dec. 20 – Jan 3 ]
- January 20, 2022
- February 17, 2022
- March 17, 2022 [ St. Patrick’s Day ]
- April 21, 2022 [Parent / Teacher Conference / Spring break April 8 – 15]
- May 19, 2022
- June 2, 2022
Agendas
- June 3, 2021
- June 1, 2021
- May 18, 2021
- May 10, 2021 (emergency meeting)
- April 15, 2021
- March 18, 2021
- February 18, 2021
- January 21, 2021
- December 17, 2020
- November 19, 2020
- October 15, 2020
- September 17, 2020
- August 10, 2020 (special meeting)
- August 4 2020 (special meeting)
- July 2020 (special meeting)
- June 2020
- May 2020
Meeting Minutes
- June 3, 2021
- June 1, 2021
- May 18, 2021
- April 16, 2021
- March 18, 2021
- February 18, 2021
- February 9, 2021 (special meeting)
- January 21, 2021
- January 21, 2021 (organizational meeting)
- December 17, 2020
- November 19, 2020
- October 15, 2020
- September 2020
- August 10, 2020 (SRO meeting)
- August 4, 2020 (special meeting minutes)
- July 2020 (organizational meeting)
- July 2020 (special meeting)
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
Current LSC Representatives
Parent Representatives
- Emily Haite – Chairperson
- Anne Lokken- FOIA/OMA
- Benjamin Wong
- Patricia O’Keefe
- Laura Symons – Vice Chairperson
- Catherine Ashlaw-Doherty
Community Representatives
- Maureen George
- Ana Borja-Scales – Secretary
Teacher Representatives
- Dan Law
- Katharine Gomez
Staff Representative
- Dannixa Velez
Student Representative
- Eric Garcia
Contact Us
Please feel free to contact us at lanetechlsc@gmail.com