ChicagoPublicSchools

01 — The big decision · Dec 29, 2025

Chicago Board of Education adopts amended fiscal 2026 property tax levy, 15‑5

Our pick of the year's biggest decision from the board's checked meeting summaries. Two AI readers each confirmed the motion and the outcome in the meeting's own transcript, and a third agreed.

02 — On our record · Nov 2025 to Aug 2026

18 meetings

The board met 18 times on our record, for at least 53 hours of meetings.

Hours are the meeting videos' own lengths; 1 of the 18 videos had no length we could read, so the hours are a floor. Meetings the district didn't post on video aren't here.

03 — The busiest night at the mic · Mar 19, 2026

33

33 members of the public spoke on March 19, 2026, one of the busiest nights we counted at this board.

Counted from the meeting video, never named or shown. Our count was within one person at 70 of 70 meetings we checked by a full read. 18 of the 18 meetings we counted here had a public speaker.

04 — Where the time went

at least 26%

Public comment took at least 26% of the board's meeting time (our count, 30%). At the typical board we timed, 2%; this board gave it more than most.

• Public comment≥ 26%typical board ≥ 2%
• Budget and finance≥ 4%typical board ≥ 10%
• Ceremony and recognition≥ 4%typical board ≥ 4%

Read from the transcripts of 18 board meetings, Oct 30, 2025 to Aug 27, 2026. Two AI readers split each meeting into topics and a stretch counts only where both agree, so every share is a floor.