[remote or in person] Chicago Board of Education
Chicago Public Schools
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025
3:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. CDT
42 W Madison St Chicago 60602 (Directions)
Garden Level
You have the option to document this meeting in person or remotely, via live stream. Please note that Chicago Board of Education meetings tend to run long (the assignment end time is an estimate based on past meetings’ duration).
If you attend the meeting in person, an additional hour will be added to your pay for this assignment. The meeting will be held at Chicago Public Schools Loop Office (42 W. Madison St., Garden Level, board room). Please note that the CPS board room frequently reaches attendee capacity, in which case overflow attendees are seated in a different room to view a video broadcast. At 48 hours before the meeting’s start, a limited number of “observer” seats are available for pre-registration at https://www.cpsboe.org/meetings.
If you plan to document remotely, the meeting will be live-streamed at https://www.youtube.com/@ChiPubSchools/streams. The live stream may not appear until or a few minutes after the scheduled start time. If you don’t see it right away, give it a few seconds, then try refreshing your Internet tab to see if it loads. Check the “videos” tab as well.
See also: Slide decks and documents discussed during the meeting will eventually be linked at https://www.cpsboe.org/meetings/past-meetings.
The meeting will be held at CPS Loop Office, 42 West Madison Street, Garden Level, Board Room. The Board President and the Chief Executive Officer have determined that registered speakers who wish to present during Public Participation may have the option to participate in person at the location of the Board meeting or virtually via an electronic platform. The public will have access to the meeting via live stream at cpsboe.org. The Public Participation segment of the meeting will begin as indicated in the meeting agenda and proceed in accordance with Public Participation guidelines. Board Meetings will be live-streamed to the general public on the Board website (www.cpsboe.org). Advance registration during this period is available by the following methods: Online: www.cpsboe.org (recommended) Phone: (773) 553-1600
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Agency Information
Chicago Public Schools
The Chicago Board of Education is charged with governing the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), setting policies, governing operations, and charting the direction of current and future programs.
A list of board members (with headshots) is here. Board members are currently appointed by the mayor. In 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law that will gradually transition to a 21-member elected school board over the course of 2024-2027.
A list of CPS executive leadership is here.