Before the hearings started, Chief Executive Officer Paul Vallas sent a letter to the American Arbitration Association, weighing in on Elizondo s behalf, according to the arbitrator s report, but he then withdrew to a neutral role. Elizondo may be working for Vallas soon. I think I m going to be working at Central Office, she says, when asked about her next move. I have a few possibilities. While LSC members say no parents have complained to them about their decision, two members were defeated in Finkl s late-February elections.
Council members say that they are looking forward to some rest.
I still have to make it up to my wife, says LSC Chair Vargas. Independent coverage of Chicago school reform since 1989.