>> The Chicago Board of Education is in the midst of massive change.

Residents just voted in the city's first elected school board.

The election follows the last boards in mass resignation and current public clashes between the teachers union and the mayor here with what's on their agenda are newly elected board members G to Brown who won the 5th district on the city's west side.

Angel, good here.

As who won the 8th district on the city's south and southwest sides and Che Smith, who won the 10th District on the city's south side.

Welcome back, gentlemen.

And congrats to all of you on races.

Thank Jt Brown, let's start with you, please.

You have advocated for elected school board for a very long time.

How does it feel to not only be here, but also to have been elected as a member of the first port?

>> Yes, ma'am, it's be in this moment.

Remembering that.

You know, often having to protest at the Chicago Board of Education.

Pitch tents in front of the Chicago Board of Education to make sure that the voices of our community was I'm overwhelmed by the fact that there was a process that allowed the people to determine who would actually make education policy for the children Chicago.

>> And you could hear is how do you think elected school school board will perform differently from previous appointed boards?

>> I mean, just that right?

We are elected by the people.

And part of that is to do the people's work.

I often say that when I the 10 members who were elected, right, we ha have much more in common.

Then we don't write at and I think that we're on in this because we're trying to.

Do what's best for students making sure that our students have the dollars that they need in the classroom so they can perform.

was meant be to be successful.

>> Chase Smith.

What what do you anticipate?

The board's relationship will be like with City Hall.

>> I think the board I know the board's relationship will be great with city Hall because this board is so diverse.

This board is so wide ranging with artists with businesspeople, with educators, that we're going to bring a budget that city Hall is going to say, wow, this is what elected representation does, not just selected representation.

What do you make of the mayor appointing a new board just weeks before the election?

>> Well, that's the mayors, a privilege to do that.

And every mayor before this mayor has appointed a when the elected board comes comes along.

I have no doubt that we're going all be able to bring together what the constituents want.

So we talk a lot the mayor and the appointed board the opportunity.

And if elected board is that now the constituents get to speak and I have no doubt that every board member is going to be listening to the people.

We this is a hybrid Gore in 2 years.

It's going to be a fully elected board.

And I every board member is now looking to community for where to get our marching orders.

All right.

J to coming back to you.

What are what are some of your major concerns for the district?

What are your priorities going forward when I think one of the biggest issues in Chicago public schools is that Chicago, the you know, we don't have failing schools.

But as a public, we've been The school district is deeply inequitable.

>> And that has been accepted to sort of that's just how but I know my lived experience all children, including south and West sides, a beautiful visionary, brilliant and we have to have an environment to support system.

And number one equity is not have been evident at equity comes with decision making authority.

So as Jason, excited about expanding sustainable community schools.

That basically means working with the community to build the What schools look like.

>> Imagine a world class Pre-K through 12th grade system of education in every neighborhood.

excited about the possibilities of that.

I'm excited about listening to parents and gathering community wisdom partnering that would academic expertise.

And finally, we will actually have a board of education does not do the bidding of corporations, but does the bidding of the people in our communities in equity.

And we know that you've always been a supporter of community, sustainable community schools will get here as you supported and endorsed by the Illinois Network of Charter schools.

>> What are your priorities and concerns for the district still?

>> I mean, one, we have a major deficit, right?

That could potentially be looking at a billion dollars at the end of next And we as an elected school board the Capitol that right its structural write it.

been around for now.

But but now we have been elected by the people to actually address that issue.

And I think it means that, you know, looking at everything that that we're doing, you know, how is it that we could put the maximum amount of dollars back into the classroom that we currently know?

It's not happening right?

That's one.

And then I think the other pieces that we've seen some little bit of dysfunction, I think the board side and so there's been really no government, no real structure percent right.

Kind of, you we decide we're gonna have a special meeting today and he gets call.

He gets caught.

I didn't because right.

and it becomes a problem, right?

Because that's what happens for says.

There's a rubric of order, if every Thursday we're going to have an agenda review meeting.

Let's have the gender of you let's not cancel it.

And then going to a meeting with a different agenda.

so budgeting board organization, it sounds like are important to Ryan best.

We know that you come.

You're an artist.

You come from an arts background.

What are your major concerns and priorities for CBS?

You know, you just talked about later how you're going to be doing a story on to Vinci who was hardest engineer offer.

I want to make sure that every student in the city of Chicago has the opportunity to express their DaVinci.

>> And that means it's not just him is stain.

That means we're going to cross curriculum.

All students should be learning.

Aviation are stunning.

Should be doing that through art tripping on trees.

Not hard when you do in Angleton Martin and its map together.

So these are things that I want to make sure that our principles know that they're being listened to that the visionary leaders of the school.

I want to make sure that our teachers feel cared for and that our students know that what ever their passion is.

>> There's a school for I want to thank you for teasing Our Da Vinci segment.

That's coming up just a bit.

Good Of course.

Then there is there's been the contention between City Hall and leadership at CPS in Mayor Johnson, having called for Pedro Martinez is a resignation.

>> G 2 D think that is is what's called for and what questions do you have before the board comes together in has to decide whether he stays or goes?

>> Well, I don't I don't know it news and I think a good board member.

What you do is when you.

Take office, you do an assessment and that's what I'm prepared to do to really just kind of understand what's happening at CPS.

What the goals and objectives are they being the knot?

And then, you know, I can make a decision from there.

>> Then there's the relationship with CTU, Angel.

What how do you plan on approaching that?

And that the the contract that is currently being negotiated?

I think we have to look at it, right.

I think that.

>> Our teachers should be paired paid fairly.

But I think that there's some things in that contract that kind of go beyond the scope of of teaching.

And I think if we can take those things out and put the focus back onto teaching it in things that happen in the classroom that we can kind of find a some common ground there to get that Che 10 seconds left.

What's next?

>> Yeah, you the board, as you can see, you've got to see to member.

You have a charter member.

You have an independent member, but we all agree whatever is best for kids is what we're going to do for All right.

Spoken like a bunch people who just ran for office.

confirm that.

I want to respect advocate the but I come from the Kenwood, Oakland community organizations.

So Gold is Blakley grassroots organization.

The City of Chicago.

>> That's a pair of me.

And so the new member of of of the newly elected Board of to up.

But we do have to go we will