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Emanuel appoints Guzman to Board of Ed

Posted January 06, 2016 10:00 pm

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Wednesday the appointment of Jaime Guzman, who has served on the state's Charter School Commission and considered charter school proposals for Chicago Public Schools, to fill a vacancy on Chicago's Board of Education.

Guzman currently heads the Taproot Foundation, a not-for-profit that connects white-collar professionals with organizations in need of volunteers, and he has been one of nine Charter School commissioners tasked by the state with evaluating charter decisions made by school boards - including the one he has just joined.

Guzman joins the board weeks before Chicago Public Schools considers mass layoffs, thanks to a $480 million deficit in its current operating budget. The district has asked for help from Springfield to plug that hole.

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