Polls closed Tuesday evening in Chicago’s first school board elections, where 10 local races have high stakes for Mayor Brandon Johnson and the powerful Chicago Teachers Union. Though they began as sleepy provincial contests,

For the first time in Chicago history, voters this year will get to choose some of the members of the Chicago Board of Education, which is on schedule fo be a fully voter-elected board by 2027.

Jewish parents and educators in Chicago were relieved after Board of Education President Rev. Mitchell Johnson resigned last week following widespread public criticism of his antisemitic Facebook posts.