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<h5>In Chicago, Sendhil helped lead a regional math initiative serving over 40,000 students across 33 Chicagoland districts and developed a curriculum used by more than 1,000 teachers nationwide.&nbsp;</h5><span class="image image-framed image-right image-tilt-left" style="width: 40%;"><span class="image-inner-wrapper"><img src="https://run.imgix.net/8a00b92c-6a0c-4c41-836e-12c054881383/796d1177-3140-4610-9ca2-314b3c8c5e4e/796d1177-3140-4610-9ca2-314b3c8c5e4e.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1077%2C712&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed"></span><span class="caption" style="display: none;"></span></span><p>As Vice President of the Chicago Board of Education, he led the Finance &amp; Audit Committee to monitor risk and ensure efficient, sustainable budgeting, championed budget town halls, and pushed the district to publicly report its fiscal outlook for the first time.</p><p>Sendhil holds an Illinois Professional Educator License. He has served on a Local School Council and on the boards of the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Bright Promises Foundation.</p>

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<h5>Alongside his education leadership, Sendhil brings experience in business and innovation.&nbsp;</h5><span class="image image-framed image-left image-tilt-left" style="width: 40%;"><span class="image-inner-wrapper"><img src="https://run.imgix.net/8a00b92c-6a0c-4c41-836e-12c054881383/f682ec4c-27f0-4c90-b0c7-25685bb0e3c7/f682ec4c-27f0-4c90-b0c7-25685bb0e3c7.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C8192%2C5464&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed"></span><span class="caption" style="display: none;"></span></span><p>As Managing Director of Strategic Development at PEAK6 Capital Management, an entrepreneurial investment firm, he led key innovation projects and supported the development of business strategy.</p><p>Born in Chicago, Sendhil attended public schools, including the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, before graduating from the University of Chicago at the age of 18. He volunteers as a Sunday school teacher, appeared and won on <em>Jeopardy!</em>, and lives in West Town with his wife and their two children.</p><p><strong><br></strong></p>

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<p>As a candidate for president of the Chicago Board of Education, Sendhil Revuluri promises to focus the board on governing for student success.</p><p>There's a lot going on this week, with a <a href="https://www.cpsboe.org/content/documents/october_30_2025_public_agenda_to_post.pdf?ref=board-rule.ghost.io">special board meetin</a>g happening on Thursday morning to address the threatened closure of EPIC Charter and ensure CPS makes the <a href="https://board-rule.ghost.io/preview-tomorrows-budget-showdown/">contested</a> $175 million pension payment, contingent upon receiving the full, record-breaking <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/10/21/brandon-johnson-2026-budget-chicago-record-tif-surplus?ref=board-rule.ghost.io">$1 billion TIF surplus</a> recently promised by Mayor Brandon Johnson.</p>

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<p>Nearly three years after leaving his post as Chicago Board of Education vice president, former teacher and Chicago Public Schools parent Sendhil Revuluri is vying to return, announcing his candidacy for school board president Wednesday.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Chicago Tribune:</span> Former CPS board Vice President Sendhil Revuluri to run for top seat</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><em>This race should be about our students' success — because that's what voters are demanding. A challenge this weak only pulls us away from that conversation.</em></span></p><p>CHICAGO, June 15 – The campaign of<span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"> Sendhil Revuluri, candidate for President of the Chicago Board of Education,</strong></span> filed a motion to dismiss a petition challenge to his candidacy, calling it legally frivolous and urging the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to throw it out.<strong><br></strong></p><p>Revuluri and his campaign filed nearly 7,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot, almost three times the 2,500 required for the office. The challenge does not dispute that cushion. Instead, it rests on a reading of Illinois election law that an Illinois appellate court has already rejected, calling it “absurd.” <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v6svyicqxyj50pp3913zl/26-EB-SBP-002-Robles-v-Revuluri-Candidates-Motion-to-Strike-and-Dismiss-with-NOF-and-COS-1.pdf?rlkey=higuc5jhzufya9ofcgwgvvzpr&amp;st=d7kh3m9a&amp;dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read the full motion to dismiss here.</a></p><p>This November, Chicagoans will elect their school board for the first time in the city's history. Revuluri's campaign says that is what makes the challenge so cynical: an attempt to end the race in a hearing room before voters ever get the chance to exercise the power the city fought for years to win.<strong><br></strong></p><p><em>“Let's be honest about what this is: an attempt to win on paperwork what you can't win at the ballot box,</em>” said <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Hugo Jacobo, an advisor to the campaign. </strong></span><em>“The objector won't even say who's behind it, and that tells you everything. Sendhil turned in nearly three times the required signatures, and the law here isn't close.”</em><strong><br></strong></p><p><em>“Chicago waited a long time for the right to elect a board that represents them in governing our schools. I’m not going to let voters be robbed of that right through an old-school political maneuver,” </em>said <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Sendhil Revuluri.</strong></span> <em>“We expect this challenge to be thrown out—and then we can get back to working to ensure the success of Chicago's kids.”</em></p>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><em>This race should be about our students' success — because that's what voters are demanding. A challenge this weak only pulls us away from that conversation.</em></span></p>

<h4>Revuluri Campaign Calls Petition Challenge Legally Frivolous, Files Motion to Dismiss<br></h4>

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<p>In <a href="https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/C363CXYGEocXrzgPu6fjtWkdUk?domain=youtube.com">another chaotic meeting on Aug. 28</a>, the Chicago Board of Education adopted an FY26 budget, just days before the legal deadline. It’s good that the district didn’t have to shut down, and that the budget doesn’t further exacerbate the district’s unsustainable debt load. But the board didn’t address the fundamental issue: ensuring the budget is designed to achieve success for every student. It might&nbsp;enable this —&nbsp;but the board didn’t work to ensure&nbsp;that it will.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Crain's:</span> CPS budget debate ignores the real priority — student success</h4>

<p>Chicago, IL (October 30, 2025) — Ahead of this morning’s Chicago Board of Education’s emergency vote on <a href="https://www.cpsboe.org/content/documents/october_30_2025_public_agenda_to_post.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a preemptive pension reimbursement to the city of Chicago</a>, board president candidate Sendhil Revuluri urged leaders to match any short-term action with a credible, long-term strategic plan that is aligned with student success.</p><p>“Chicago’s students, families, and taxpayers can’t afford another one-off maneuver,” said Revuluri. “Wherever this contribution comes from, Chicagoans are footing the bill. Any reimbursement must be tied to a transparent, long-term plan that keeps the focus on improving student outcomes and ensures sustainable city and school finances — while protecting non-teaching CPS staff. That plan should include independent financial analysis, clear funding targets, and public reporting so Chicago’s families can track progress. The only way out of this mess is a long-term strategy, with responsible governance centered on our students.”</p><p>Revuluri added,“As President of the Board of Education, I’ll work with the Mayor, City Council, fellow Board members, CPS leadership, and our labor partners to build an honest, reality-based, and sustainable plan. Let’s end the cycle of last-minute meetings and recurring, fixable crises with a plan that puts students first and finances on solid ground. Chicago’s residents deserve board leadership that works.”</p>

<p>Chicago, IL (October 30, 2025) — Ahead of this morning’s Chicago Board of Education’s emergency vote on <a href="https://www.cpsboe.org/content/documents/october_30_2025_public_agenda_to_post.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a preemptive pension reimbursement to the city of Chicago</a>, board president candidate Sendhil Revuluri urged leaders to match any short-term action with a credible, long-term strategic plan that is aligned with student success.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Revuluri Urges Long-Term Fix to Chicago Public Schools’ MEABF Pension Crisis Ahead of Reimbursement</span></h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><em>Decision Will Clear the Way to Refocus the Race on Students</em></span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">CHICAGO, June 30, 2026</strong></span> — <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/30/chicago-electoral-school-board/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Following this morning’s Electoral Board direction on objections to candidate petitions for the Chicago Board of Education,</a> <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Sendhil Revuluri </strong></span>issued the following statement:</p><p><em>“This is a good day for democracy. The Electoral Board’s hearing officers have been pointed in the right direction, and we appreciate the affirmation of what we believed all along: our petitions were valid, our campaign played by the rules, and Chicago voters deserve a real choice in this race.</em></p><p><em>Frankly, these objections were never about the law. They were about keeping a candidate off the ballot instead of letting voters decide. We're glad we’re moving past that.</em></p><p><em>Now let's get back to what actually matters. Chicago's families don't want to talk about technicalities. They want to talk about setting up our kids for success, ensuring a $10 billion budget serves students first, and having a board that answers to the people instead of to interest groups.</em></p><p><em>That's the conversation Chicagoans want to have, and it's the one I'm ready to have every day — from today to Election Day and beyond.”&nbsp;</em></p><p style="text-align: center;">###</p><p>For more information, visit<a href="http://www.sendhilforcps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="http://www.SendhilforCPS.com">www.SendhilforCPS.com</a> or email <a href="mailto:info@SendhilforCPS.com">info@SendhilforCPS.com</a>.</p>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><em>Decision Will Clear the Way to Refocus the Race on Students</em></span></p><p>CHICAGO, June 30, 2026 — <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/30/chicago-electoral-school-board/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Following this morning’s Electoral Board direction on objections to candidate petitions for the Chicago Board of Education,</a> Sendhil Revuluri issued the following statement:</p>

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<p>CHICAGO, March 19, 2026 – <a href="https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/03/16/ask-the-mayor-march-2026-election-subminimum-wage-cps-ceo-and-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In a recent appearance on WBEZ</a>, Mayor Johnson doubled down on his claim that choosing the next CPS CEO is his call to make, going so far as to say that the CPS CEO "only serves the mayor."</p><p>Former Board Vice President and candidate for Board President Sendhil Revuluri issued the following statement in response:</p><p>“Selecting the next leader of Chicago’s public schools is a critical decision to deliver the results that matter for our kids. It’s too important to get wrong, and should be strategic, not politicized. Our kids deserve to be centered with an intentional process that sets the next superintendent up to succeed.</p><p>What’s happening is deeply concerning. Attempts to sidestep the authority of a representative Board of Education aren’t grounded in law and don’t serve students. No matter how many times he says so, Mayor Johnson doesn’t have the authority to choose a superintendent for his own reasons rather than for our kids’ success. This isn’t democracy; this is Trumpian political maneuvering, plain and simple.</p><p>At the same time, Board leadership hasn’t yet done the foundational work required to hire a superintendent effectively. There are no clear goals, no transparent criteria, and no real evaluation framework. Hiring a new leader without doing our homework isn’t just premature, it’s irresponsible. Our kids deserve better.”</p><p>###</p><p>For press inquiries: Molly Mitchell, <a href="mailto:molly@mitchell-media.com">molly@mitchell-media.com</a></p><p>For more information, visit<a href="http://www.sendhilforcps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.SendhilforCPS.com</a>or <a href="mailto:emailinfo@SendhilforCPS.com">emailinfo@SendhilforCPS.com</a>.</p>

<p>CHICAGO, March 19, 2026 – <a href="https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/03/16/ask-the-mayor-march-2026-election-subminimum-wage-cps-ceo-and-more" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In a recent appearance on WBEZ</a>, Mayor Johnson doubled down on his claim that choosing the next CPS CEO is his call to make, going so far as to say that the CPS CEO "only serves the mayor."</p><p>Former Board Vice President and candidate for Board President Sendhil Revuluri issued the following statement in response:</p>

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">CHICAGO, May 29, 2026</strong></span> –<a href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/05/29/chicago-public-schools-tables-charter-school-renewals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Following another lengthy and contentious Chicago Board of Education meeting</a>, <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Sendhil Revuluri, candidate for President of the Chicago Board of Education and former vice president of the board, </strong></span>issued the following statement:</p><p><em>"Last night's meeting stretched well over six hours, and ended with members unsure of what they were even voting on. When families and educators are seeking a clear path forward, they got chaos instead. They're the ones who pay the price for governance like that.</em></p><p><em>Reading the titles of consent agenda items aloud does not make a board transparent. Passing a resolution about the state budget three days before session ends is not a legislative plan. Blowing ideological hot air about charter schools days before a renewal deadline isn't serving students. These are performative gestures, and they don't improve a single student's learning or success.</em></p><p><em>Chicago’s students and families deserve focus and advance planning that supports their success. And all Chicagoans deserve a board president and board with the courage to set direction before a crisis—someone who puts students ahead of ideology and measures every decision by whether our kids are better off.”</em></p><p>Revuluri continues to call on the board to adopt a more disciplined approach: planning ahead with clear goals for long-term student success, fiscal sustainability, and capital investment; listening to the whole community about what success for Chicago's children should look like; and setting clear expectations for CPS leadership through policy, CEO evaluation, budget decisions, and every major board vote.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">###</strong></span></p><p>For more information, visit<a href="http://www.sendhilforcps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="http://www.SendhilforCPS.com">www.SendhilforCPS.com</a> or email <a href="mailto:info@SendhilforCPS.com">info@SendhilforCPS.com</a>.</p>

<p>CHICAGO, May 29, 2026 –<a href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/05/29/chicago-public-schools-tables-charter-school-renewals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Following another lengthy and contentious Chicago Board of Education meeting</a>, Sendhil Revuluri, candidate for President of the Chicago Board of Education and former vice president of the board, issued the following statement:</p>

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<p><strong>First candidate in historic election enters with national endorsements&nbsp;&amp; a mission to put kids—not politics—first.</strong></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">CHICAGO, October 15 –Former teacher, Chicago Public School (CPS) parent, and education leader, Sendhil Revuluri today became the first candidate to launch a campaign for President of the Chicago Board of Education, which will be chosen by voters for the first time next year.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Launching with a coalition of national and local supporters, Revuluri’s campaign is laser-focused on one urgent goal: ensuring every Chicago child can learn and succeed.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">“I’m not a politician. I’m a parent and a former teacher who believes every child in Chicago deserves a great education,” Revuluri said. “For too long, politics and adult self-interest have taken priority over our kids’ futures. The results are devastating: <a style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)" href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/09/08/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-decreases/">declining enrollment</a>, <a style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)" href="https://projects.chalkbeat.org/2025/chicago-public-schools-student-absenteeism-increases/">record absenteeism</a>, <a style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)" href="https://edunomicslab.org/il-scatterplots/">wasted resources</a>, and <a style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)" href="https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/District.aspx?source=trends&amp;source2=proficiency&amp;Districtid=15016299025">too many of our students falling behind.</a> It’s time for leadership that restores trust, focuses on learning, and puts children—not politics—first.”</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">A former Vice President of the Chicago Board of Education, Revuluri helped lead its Finance and Audit Committee, championing greater fiscal transparency, including the district’s first public long-term financial outlook. As a nationally certified school board coach, he’s advised districts across the country on improving governance and accountability.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Earlier in his career, Revuluri taught math, co-founded a public high school in the South Bronx. Later he helped lead a regional math initiative serving 40,000 students across nearly 40 Chicagoland districts and also <a style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)" href="https://www.utdanacenter.org/our-work/k-12-education/k-12-education-curricular-resources/course-materials/dana-centeragile-mind-course-programs/high-school-programs/intensified-algebra">developed a math curriculum</a> used by more than 1,000 teachers nationwide.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Revuluri, who lives in West Town with his wife and two CPS-enrolled children, says his campaign is personal.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">“My kids are CPS students. I’ve sat where parents sit, I’ve led in the classroom, and I’ve served on the board,” he said. “We can’t keep losing ground because adults are distracted by politics and ideology. Chicago’s children can’t afford that, and our city’s future can’t afford that.”</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Revuluri’s campaign centers on three commitments:</span></p><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Prioritize students’ success above all else. Every policy, every budget, and every decision should help advance measurable improvements in student learning.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Stand up to special interests. Keep the focus on students, not adult agendas.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Commit to effective governance. Listen to families, monitor results, and hold district leadership accountable for student outcomes.</span></p></li></ul><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Revuluri’s early supporters include Congressman Ro Khanna, CPS alumna and education leader Aida Flores, Marcus Flenaugh, Co-Chair of the Far South Community Action Council, Chicago youth nonprofit leaders Doug O’Roark, Jesus Ayala, Noah Pickens, and cognitive scientist and professor Dr. Pooja Agarwal.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">“This race is about our children’s futures,” Revuluri said. “Chicago’s families are ready for a Board that listens, leads, and delivers for students.”</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Additional endorsements include:&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Tanya Ortiz Franklin, Board Member, Los Angeles Unified School District, California</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Alicia Sebastian, Board President, San Antonio Independent School District, Texas&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Anne Savage, Board Member and Past President, City School District of Albany, New York&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Ben Mackey, Board Member, Dallas Independent School District, Texas&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Evetty Satterfield, Former Board Member, Knox County Schools, Tennessee&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Leroy Tré Hutchins, Board Member, Cobb County School District, Georgia&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Luisa Santos, Board Member, Miami Dade County Public Schools, Florida&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Michelle DePass, Board Vice Chair, Portland Public Schools, Oregon&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Everton Blair, Former Board Chair, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Antonia Watts, Board Member, Howard County Public School System, Maryland&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Christopher Jaramillo, Board President, Norristown Area School District, Pennsylvania&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Joe Greenheron, Board Director, South Whidbey School District, Washington</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Tamillia Gosa Chapa, Former Board Member, Washington Elementary School District, Arizona&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Kareem Moncree-Moffett, Board Member, Cincinnati Board of Education, Ohio</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">Nate Easley, Vice Chair, Colorado State University System Board of Governors, Colorado; former President, Denver Public Schools Board of Education</span></p></li></ul>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text)">CHICAGO, October 15 –Former teacher, Chicago Public School (CPS) parent, and education leader, Sendhil Revuluri today became the first candidate to launch a campaign for President of the Chicago Board of Education, which will be chosen by voters for the first time next year.</span></p>

<h4>Sendhil Revuluri Launches Campaign for CPS Board President</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><em>Calls Out Years of "Balanced" Budgets Built on One-Time Fixes</em></span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">CHICAGO, May 13, 2026 – As <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/12/chicago-public-schools-cut-teaching-staff-deficit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chicago Public Schools faces a $732 million deficit</a>, former CPS Board Vice President and <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">candidate for Board President Sendhil Revuluri issued the following statement:&nbsp;</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">“Chicago's kids can't afford another year of leaders’ magical thinking, waiting on money that may never come.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">CPS has a $732 million deficit, and it didn't show up overnight. For years, the Board approved ‘balanced’ budgets propped up by one-time fixes that served political interests instead of students. The cliff has been visible. The Board kept its foot on the gas and never turned the wheel.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Chicago doesn’t receive adequate state funding. But ‘Springfield owes us a billion dollars’ isn't a budget. It doesn't pay staff. It doesn't teach a single kid to read. It’s not even effective advocacy. It's a slogan claiming to be a strategy, and it's exactly the finger-pointing that's kept this district stuck.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">The Board's job is to level with and listen to families, set priorities, and make the hard calls before they get harder. That work isn't happening, and our kids are paying for it. I'm running for Board President to change that.”</span></p>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><em>Calls Out Years of "Balanced" Budgets Built on One-Time Fixes</em></span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">CHICAGO, May 13, 2026 – As Chicago Public Schools faces a $732 million deficit, former CPS Board Vice President and candidate for Board President Sendhil Revuluri issued the following statement:&nbsp;</span></p>

<h4>Sendhil Revuluri: CPS Budget Crisis  Demands Leadership, Not Slogans</h4>

<h2>Prop A provides funding for this</h2>

<p>Last month, Chicago Public Schools entered a new era of governance: a hybrid Board of Education with 10 elected members and 11 appointed by the mayor. In 2026, voters will decide on all 21 seats, completing the transition to an elected board. We recently convened for a panel discussion at the invite of Joe Ferguson of the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/17/opinion-chicago-public-schools-board-of-education-finances-students/blank">Civic Federation</a> that elicited these shared thoughts on what families and children hope and need from the new board.&nbsp;</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Chicago Tribune:</span> The new Chicago Board of Education must take ownership of CPS</h4>

<p>Sendhil Revuluri, a former vice president of the Chicago Board of Education under former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, announced Wednesday that he will run for board president in next year’s election.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">ChalkBeat:</span> Sendhil Revuluri running for Chicago Board of Education president</h4>

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