CPS to eliminate 5 area offices in shake up

Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard is planning to add more positions to the district’s central office and reduce the number of area offices as part of an administrative reorganization at the nation’s third-largest school system, according to Chicago News Cooperative. The shakeup will include the creation of a Chief Community and Family Engagement Officer position to oversee the district’s strategy for community engagement. Brizard is also expected to eliminate five area offices — which oversee geographic clusters of schools — cutting the number of offices from 24 to 19.
Brizard will tell Chicago Board of Education members Wednesday that the district will change the structure of its middle managers, whom some in the system call "mini-superintendents." Chief area officers will be renamed "schools chiefs" and grouped to include all the high school and elementary principals in a region so the chiefs can work to align curriculum. (Tribune)