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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Nader Issa

Mayor Johnson faces first school board pick as its president, Miguel del Valle, announces exit

Miguel del Valle is leaving his post as Chicago Board of Education president when his term expires June 30. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Chicago Board of Education President Miguel del Valle is stepping down this week, leaving a key vacancy for Mayor Brandon Johnson to fill early in his term.

Appointed by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, del Valle’s four-year term expires Friday after he led the board through multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, gun violence that affected Chicago children and heavy protests against the district’s contract with the Chicago Police Department for armed officers in dozens of high schools.

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