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Chicago Area Residents Seek Diversity for Mostly White Board in Minority District
A coalition of community members from the four municipalities that comprise Thornton Fractional High School District 215, located south of Chicago, are calling for a change to the way the district’s school board is elected. Citing years of unequal representation — the 93% minority district is represented by a nearly all-white board — the group of Calumet City, Lynwood, Burnham…