Former board member Dwayne Truss called for the inspector general of the Chicago Public Schools to probe the plan to build a new $120 million high school on near South Side land owned by the Chicago Housing Authority.
A former member of the Chicago Board of Education — ousted by Mayor Lori Lightfoot — called Wednesday for the school district’s watchdog to probe the plan to build a new $120 million high school on near South Side land owned by the Chicago Housing Authority.Appointed by Lightfoot to the board overseeing the Chicago Public Schools in 2019, Dwayne Truss had expected to continue as a member before learning that the mayor planned to replace him with former Ald. Michael Scott , one of her allies.
Community members have questioned the need for the new school amid declining enrollment in the city’s public schools, while others have said the proposed school would harm existing schools in the area by pulling more students from those classrooms. Truss was ousted after he said he did not support the plan to build a new high school. The lack of support for the plan forcedLightfoot’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from WTTW News.
Scott, who now works for movie and television studio Cinespace, served as chair of the City Council’s Education Committee that has met just once in 2022, despite having a budget of $181,806.
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