Grassroots coalition submits signatures for voter referendum on elected School Board
By: Sarah Karp / August 06, 2012
Organizers hand petitions for a referendum on an elected School Board to a staff member at the Chicago Board of Elections.
A coalition of community groups pushing to get an elected school board believes they have enough signatures to get a referendum gauging public support on the November ballot in 204 precincts, about 9 percent of the precincts in Chicago.
About 70 people, including students, teachers and parents, were on hand Monday morning as organizers walked the petitions with about 9,700 signatures, into the Chicago Board of Elections office. Phil Cantor, a member of Teachers for Social Justice and a CPS parent, said the group expects to have the