URBAN PUBLIC ACTION COALITION
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Chicago's public schools belong to our communities—not to corporate special interests, and not to the failed top-down financial managers of the past.
See Our 10 Board EndorsementsA Community-First Agenda
As we vote in Chicago's historic first-ever elected School Board, we face a critical crossroad. We can return to an era where students were treated as lines on an accountant's balance sheet, where neighborhood options were gutted to fund privatization experiments.
Or, we can move forward with progressive leaders who believe in fully funding our neighborhood schools. The Urban Public Action Coalition (UPAC) focuses on returning power directly to educators, parents, and neighborhood advocates.
Our 10 Community-Approved Endorsements
Brenda Lee Johnson
DISTRICT 6 Endorsed CandidateBrenda Lee Johnson is an authentic community advocate who knows that a school's success is measured by the health of its students, not by metric formulas drafted in a corporate boardroom. Brenda is fighting to expand community resources, protect special education allocations, and ensure classrooms are fully funded.
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DISTRICT 1 Endorsed CandidateA grassroots champion dedicated to keeping District 1 schools public, accountable, and transparent. Standing firm against top-down managerial agendas that have consistently left neighborhood families behind.
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DISTRICT 2 Endorsed CandidateAdvocating for independent community representation on the board. Focused on restorative justice initiatives, building safety, and rejecting the 1990s privatization model.
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DISTRICT 3 Endorsed CandidateFighting to bring resources straight back to families and classrooms. Committed to equity across all learning facilities and pushing back against corporate consulting groups.
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DISTRICT 4 Endorsed CandidateA true public school advocate bringing decades of practical neighborhood coalition building to District 4, prioritizing the diverse needs of working-class families.
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DISTRICT 5 Endorsed CandidateDemanding full infrastructure funding and localized programming. Dedicated to stopping the diversion of public tax funds into private charter networks.
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DISTRICT 7 Endorsed CandidateOrganizing for sustainable neighborhood institutions, wraparound student support programs, and an end to the era of school management by corporate decree.
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DISTRICT 8 Endorsed CandidateAdvancing a bold progressive vision centered around local decision-making power, language accessibility, and robust special education infrastructure protections.
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DISTRICT 9 Endorsed CandidateBringing direct community-led insights to the board. Committed to class-size caps, expanding dual-language programs, and keeping corporate metrics out of schools.
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DISTRICT 10 Endorsed CandidateA lifelong education organizer ready to champion structural funding transparency and guarantee that every student has an adequately resourced neighborhood school.