Nader Issa

Jason Dónes and Carlos Rivas Jr. are vying to win election in the Northwest Side district.

Six candidates, all CPS parents with some experience in education who represent a range of views on the issues, are vying to represent the district.

The district is perhaps the city’s most racially diverse and mixes some wealthy neighborhoods with more working class and immigrant populations.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday proposed a record tax increment financing surplus for a second consecutive year. But that’s far less than the $484 million schools CEO Pedro Martinez requested.

Big money is flowing into the race between two men who fall on either side of a divide over the CTU, education funding and school choice, fueled — and paid for — by staunchly opposed groups.

The school board's meetings were delayed one week as the mayor's new appointees went through the onboarding process.

While Martinez made the case for a slew of new revenue options, council members admonished the Chicago Public Schools' lack of a plan for the end of pandemic relief funding this year.

Martinez's opinion piece published Tuesday in the Chicago Tribune comes as the school district is expected to adopt a resolution at its monthly board meeting Thursday that prevents any district-run schools from closing through the 2026-27 school year.

One teacher says students are "highly interested in learning about important people. … And that’s sort of the intent, how do you make the White House come to life for young children?"

During Monday's march, dozens of protesters broke through the security perimeter fencing near Park 578, a designated protest site near the United Center. Police responded before the protesters could get any further, leading to a standoff. Eventually, the fencing was breached in five locations, and…