Get ready to vote: Your guide to the school board election on the South and Far South Side

You asked, and we answered. Here’s all the information South Siders need to prepare for Election Day and be heard in the 2026 Chicago Board of Education election.

For some South Side voters, Chicago’s first full school board election isn’t much of a choice

Subdistricts 9A and 10A, covering neighborhoods from Auburn Gresham and Englewood to Woodlawn and South Shore, are uncontested this fall, but the board still controls what happens to South Side schools.

Families searching for loved ones missing from a South Suburban cemetery are losing the resources to help.

Sixteen years after a scandal desecrated thousands of graves at Burr Oak Cemetery, the official resources built to help families find their missing loved ones have vanished. What's left for families still searching are the volunteers who refuse to let them search alone.

The South Side parents who fought for an elected school board say this isn't what they wanted.

In November, every school board seat is on the ballot for the first time in Chicago history. The people you elect will decide what comes next. Here's what you need to know.

In Chicago, where you live decides how long you live — and that's no accident.

The widest life expectancy gap in the country runs through our city. Here's how it got that way and what Chicagoans are doing about it.