The Chicago Board of Education serves as the board of education (school board) for the Chicago Public Schools .
29-424: The Chicago Force was a women's American football team. Founded in 2003 by Lisa Cole, the team played at De La Salle HS & St. Rita HS – both on Chicago's South side; Lane Stadium at Lane Technical College Prep High School , Holmgren Athletic Complex at North Park University on Chicago 's North Side, and at Jorndt Field, commonly known as Winnemac Stadium. The team played the 2012–2014 seasons at Lazier Field on
58-607: A class in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC). The program sponsors the Proctors Club, Color Guard , Honor Guard , Drill Platoon, Drum & Bugle Corps, and Raiders of Lane. As of 2018, Lane has a 94% graduation rate. As of 2018, 94% of Lane students take at least one AP class throughout their time at Lane. Lane offers courses in Aquaponics and is the only Chicago Public School to do so. Lane Tech has
87-501: A four-year term. The legislation dictates that the convention of having twenty members from geographic districts plus a board president elected at-large will remain place thereafter. The Board of education will see members from ten of its geographic districts up for election every two-years. The electoral districts that will be used for Board of Education elections will have their boundaries drawn by Illinois General Assembly. With its 21 members, Chicago's Board of Education will become
116-577: A test and pass a certain benchmark in order to be offered admission. Lane is one of eleven selective enrollment schools in Chicago. It is a diverse school with many of its students coming from different ethnicities and economic backgrounds. In 2019, Lane Tech was rated the 3rd best public high school in Illinois and 69th in the nation. The school is named after Albert G. Lane , a former principal and superintendent of Chicago Public Schools from 1891 until 1898. It
145-565: Is a public four-year selective enrollment magnet high school located in the Roscoe Village neighborhood on the north side of Chicago , Illinois , United States. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. Lane is one of the oldest schools in the city and has an enrollment of over four thousand students, making it the largest high school in Chicago. Lane is a selective-enrollment-based school in which students must take
174-511: The Albert Grannis Lane Technical High School to reflect the school's expanding curriculum, but was known to all simply as "Lane Tech." In 2004, the school name was changed to Lane Technical College Prep High School to reflect a college preparatory mandate. Lane adopted a closed admission policy in 1958 on the school's 50th anniversary. All remedial classes were eliminated and only top tier students were admitted to
203-763: The Vietnam War . The Memorial Garden was rededicated in 1995. During the school's 90th anniversary celebration in 1998, a commemorative plaque was placed near the "Shooting the Stars" statue. It explains the significance of the Memorial Garden to Lane Tech and its students. Honor level courses are offered to qualified students. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available in English , history , math , science , art , music , computer science , and world languages . Students can also replace their normal physical education classes with
232-477: The de facto school board in the early decades under 1839 legislation. The Common Council initially held the authority to the members of the Board of School Inspectors. Ultimately, the mayor would gain the power to appoint the members with city council approval. In 1855, the authority to remove the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools was given to the Board of School Inspectors by the same ordinance which created
261-527: The Mayor of Chicago who would recommend nominees to the Mayor. In 1995, the state government enacted the Chicago School Reform Amendatory Act, which returned the power to appoint members of the board back to the Mayor of Chicago. The Act also temporarily retitled the board as the "Reform Board of Trustees" from 1995 until July 1, 1999, after which period the name "Chicago Board of Education"
290-672: The Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school. Lane offers many sports including, but not limited to baseball , basketball , bowling , cheerleading , cross-country , football , golf , ice hockey , lacrosse , soccer , softball , swimming , tennis , track , volleyball , wrestling , women's rugby , and water polo . Lane garners, on average, 7–10 city-championships per year and has won 16 state championships since 1908. Numerous Lane Tech athletes have competed beyond
319-496: The annual Letterman versus Faculty Softball game, the annual Memorial Day assembly, and the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Pep Rally . Lane Stadium reopened September 7, 2007, with a new turf field. The stadium also features a new IHSA regulation track. At the west end of the Memorial Garden is the Ramo I. Zenkich Memorial, consisting of a flag pole and granite monument inscribed with the names of the students from Lane Tech who lost their lives in
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#1732859270880348-589: The board is slated to transition to consist entirely of elected members. On May 12, 1837, the Chicago Common Council (as the Chicago City Council was called at the time) used their powers as ex-officio commissioners of schools to appoint the first Board of School Inspectors, the city's school board. Despite the existence of this board, the Common Council however had ultimate power of acting as
377-425: The board's president) appointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of the Chicago City Council. With the exception of the president, each of the appointed members will hail from a different one of the ten electoral districts used for the 2024 Board of Education election . The 2024 election will be the first time in Chicago's history that the city will hold a school board election. Per the legislation, in 2026 ,
406-700: The campus of Evanston Township High School, and for the 2015 season onward, back at Lane Tech. From their inaugural season until 2010, the Chicago Force was part of the Independent Women's Football League . Following that, the team moved to the Women's Football Alliance. The Chicago Force ceased operations after the 2017 season. Lane Technical College Prep High School Lane Tech College Prep High School (often shortened to Lane Tech , full name Albert Grannis Lane Technical College Preparatory High School ),
435-535: The city's first high school. In 1857, the school board was renamed the Chicago Board of Education under the passage of a new school charter by the Illinois General Assembly, which also increased its membership from seven to fifteen and gave the mayor of Chicago authority to appoint board members. In a charter passed by the Illinois General Assembly on February 13, 1863, the Chicago Board of Education
464-425: The current board (as of July 2023): The Chicago Board of Education is led by a president. The current President of the Chicago Board of Education is Jianan Shi, who was formerly the president of the parent advocacy group Raise Your Hand Illinois. Since the 1995 Chicago School Reform Amendatory Act went into effect, the president has been directly appointed by the mayor of Chicago, rather than being elected among
493-424: The first time. Due to a fear of having a drop in academic achievement, 1,500 male students protested the admission but the decision was not changed. Lane Tech is located on a 33-acre (13 ha) campus at the intersection of Addison Street and Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The campus includes: the main school building, Lane Stadium, Kerry Wood Cubs Field, a turf soccer field, and the parking lot. During
522-524: The high school level and achieved success at the college level and beyond. In 1934 the NFL -champion Chicago Bears held their practices for the Chicago College All-Star Game at Lane Tech. Chicago Board of Education The board traces its origins to the Board of School Inspectors, created in 1837. The board is currently appointed solely by the mayor of Chicago . Between 2024 and 2027,
551-466: The largest school board among major cities in the United States by number of members. Under the new law, newly elected members take office on January 15. If vacancies arise on the Board of Education, the remainder of the vacant seat's unexpired term will be filled by a mayoral appointee, with appointees being subject to the approval of the Chicago City Council. The following table lists the members of
580-421: The machine shop. Seniors were able to take electric shop which was the most advanced shop course. By the 1930s, Lane had a student population of over 7,000 boys. Since the school's building was not originally planned for such a huge student population, a new site for the school was chosen, and the building was designed by Board of Education architect John C. Christensen. On its dedication day, September 17, 1934,
609-489: The most graduates who complete PhD's in the nation as of 2018. Lane Tech has the biggest computer science program in Chicago Public Schools, and is considered one of the best schools in computer science in the United States. Lane Tech College Prep is rated a 8 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org , a national school quality information site. GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school’s themed ratings:
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#1732859270880638-497: The number of electoral districts will be increased to twenty, and an election will be held for the Board of education members from the ten new districts without incumbents. The members elected in this election will serve four-year terms beginning in January 2027. Resultantly, beginning in January 2027, each geographic district will be represented by a single elected member. Also in 2026, the board's president will be elected at-large to
667-623: The power of the Chicago Board of Education. The board expanded ultimately to 21 members, before being reduced by the 1917 Otis Bill to eleven members. The term of office was increased by the Otis bill from three years to five. In 1988, the state government enacted the Chicago School Reform Act, which expanded the Chicago Board of Education's size to fifteen seats. The Act also created a School Board Nominating Commission consisting 23 parents and community members and five members appointed by
696-642: The school. This coincided with the beginning of the space race between the United States and the USSR . Lane changed its educational policy to help ensure that the United States would not fall behind the Soviets in science and technology. In 1971, changes were made to the admission policy due to a drop in enrollment and lack of technical schools for girls. To solve the issue, Superintendent James Redmond recommended that girls be admitted to Lane Tech. The Chicago Board of Education concurred and girls were admitted as students for
725-539: The spring 2007 season, Chicago city building inspectors declared Lane Stadium unsafe and condemned the eastern half of the stadium. The age of the stadium and the fact it was built on landfill raised concerns that using the stadium to full capacity would cause a structural collapse. Events affected were the 2007–2014 graduating class ceremonies (moved to the UIC Pavilion located at the University of Illinois at Chicago ),
754-400: The student body—over 9,000 boys—and faculty gathered at Wrigley Field and from there walked en masse several miles west to the new campus. (In 1983 and 2008, to celebrate the 75th and 100th anniversaries of the school, a march was held from the school to Wrigley Field.) Lane's huge student body necessitated that classes be held in three shifts. That year (1934), the school name was changed to
783-707: Was founded in 1908 and dedicated on Washington's Birthday in 1909, as the Albert Grannis Lane Manual Training High School . This building, designed by Board of Education Architect Dwight H. Perkins , stood at Sedgwick Avenue and Division Street . During the early years of the school's operation, the school was a manual training school for boys, where students could take advantage of a wide array of technical classes. Freshmen were offered carpentry , cabinet making, and wood turning. Sophomores received training in foundry , forge , welding , coremaking, and molding. Juniors could take classes in
812-571: Was granted exclusive power over operating the city's schools. Greater administrative control was given to the board in 1865, when the General Assembly amended the 1863 charter, including moving control over the school fund, which had previously belonged to the Common Council The Cities and Villages Act of 1872 made further clear the relationship between the roles of the Common Council and the Chicago Board of Education, strengthening
841-575: Was restored. On July 29, 2021, governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law HB 2908, legislation that will make it so that, by 2027, the Board of Education will consist entirely of elected members. The legislation will also expand the size of the board to 21 members (including the president). Per the legislation, in a November 2024 election, ten elected members will be elected from ten geographic districts to four-year terms that will begin in January 2025. From January 2025 through January 2027, these elected members will serve alongside 11 members (including
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