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)
LSC Election
The 2024 Local School Council Election will be held on Spring Semester Parent-Teacher Conference Day, Wednesday, April 10, 2024 (for elementary schools) and Thursday, April 11, 2024 (for high schools) from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. In the Election, parents and community members will have the opportunity to vote for up to 5 candidates to fill 8 positions on your school’s LSC (6 parent members and 2 community members) and school staff will have the opportunity to vote for up to 2 candidates to fill 3 positions on the LSC (2 teacher members and 1 non-teacher staff member).
We encourage and invite you to vote in the parent/community election or the school staff poll
A Candidate Forum will be held at 5:30 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at Lane Tech High School in room 113. We encourage and invite you to attend the Forum to hear the Candidates speak about their qualifications and their plans if elected (or appointed) to your school’s LSC.
For virtual participation please use the following Google Meet link meet.google.com/tfr-jjva-dhc.
For more information about the election. please contact the Office of Local School Council Relations:
(773) 553-1400.
We look forward to your participation in the Local School Council Election and thank you for
Special Note
- In order to vote, parent and community voters must present 2 forms of I. D. to the election judges.
- Parent voters must present at least one form of I. D. or documentation establishing that they are the parent.
legal guardian or temporary custodian of a child enrolled in the school. - Community voters must present at least one form of I. D. with a current residential address within the school’s
attendance area or voting district. - School staff voters must present two forms of I.D., one of which must be !heir CPS Employee I. D.
- Any person requiring a sign language interpreter for the Candidate Forum must inform the school by
12:00 p. m. (noon) on March 1, 2024
List of Candidates
Listed in order of filing
Parent | Catherine Ashlaw-Doherty |
Parent | Jamie Fleischmann |
Parent | Benjamin Wong |
Parent | John Martin |
Parent | Anne Lokken |
Parent | Rachel Klein |
Parent | Susannah Gottlieb |
Community | Maureen George |
Community | Ana M. Borja-Scales |
Community | |
Teacher | Rebecca Daly |
Teacher | Mario Nunez |
Teacher | Javier Payano |
Teacher | Michael Morrison |
Non-Teacher Staff | Dannixa Velez |
Non-Teacher Staff | Emilyne Mai Villasenor |
Student | Angelina Wyrwas |
Student | Roman Brice |
Student | Rainer Fox |
Student | Owen Frasor |
Student | Morgan Larvick |
Student | Yumou Lu |
Student | Divinefavor Osuji |
Student | Khadeeja Ahmed |
Candidate Statements
Please click here to view.
Specimen Ballot
Please click here to view
Meeting Dates
LSC meetings at 6:00 PM in Room 113 and may also be viewed via Google Meet: meet.google.com/tfr-jjva-dhc
Note: Google ‘Chat’ available for virtual public participation – rules of order apply.
- September 7, 2023
- October 12, 2023
- November 9, 2023
- December 14, 2023
- January 11, 2024
- February 8, 2024
- March 14, 2024
- April 11, 2024 (6:30 PM time change)
- May 9, 2024 (Meeting room TBA)
- June 6, 2024 (If needed)
Agendas
- March 14, 2023
- LSC Candidate Forum Agenda March 14, 2023
- Feburary 8, 2024
- January 11, 2024
- December 14, 2023
- November 9th, 2023
- September, 7, 2023
- October 12, 2023
Meeting Minutes
- September 7, 2023
- October 12, 2023
- November 9th, 2023
- December 14, 2023
- January 11, 2024
- February 8, 2024
Archived Minutes available upon request. Please contact LanetechLSC@gmail.com
Current LSC Representatives
Parent Representatives
- Benjamin Wong – Chair
- Anne Lokken – Co-Chair, FOIA/OMA
- Catherine Ashlaw Doherty – Sergeant of Arms
- Tikisha Buford
- Jamie Fleischmann
- Susannah Gottlieb
Community Representatives
- Maureen George
- Ana Borja-Scales – Secretary
Teacher Representatives
- Rebecca Daly
- Mario Nunez
Staff Representative
- Dannixa Velez
Student Representative
- Sean, Groh
- Owen Frasor
- Divinefavour Osuji
Contact Us
Please feel free to contact us at lanetechlsc@gmail.com