As we continue to confront the devastating realities of the proposed SY26-27 school budgets, I want to remind every member that CPAA’s first and most urgent priority has been fighting to protect Assistant Principals as foundational positions in every school.
TAKE ACTION! Contact your elected school board members (listed by district in the table below) and remind them that YOUR CHILDREN and THEIR SCHOOLS MATTER.
If you need help balancing the books, ask the leaders who manage their own abysmal budgets every year; we continuously find solutions that aren’t this detrimental to our children.
CRISIS RESPONSE: WHAT SCHOOL LEADERS NEED TO KNOW NOW
First things first: Please protect yourself as you protect your students. Don’t guess. Don’t try to figure things out alone. That’s why you have us. All of us.
Despite frequent headlines highlighting political clashes at school board meetings, new research shows that such confrontations are the exception—not the rule.
You are the unsung heroes of education. Often the first to arrive and the last to leave, you juggle mandates, policies, safety, parent concerns, teacher morale and student achievement.
What is transpiring on the streets of Chicago should alarm every citizen who believes in the rule of law and the promise of the American ideal. The Chicago Principals and Administrators Association (CPAA) condemns the unprecedented and chilling actions of federal immigration agents who engaged in a public spectacle of racial profiling, patrolling our city and detaining individuals based explicitly on “how they look.”
