‘You’re not just representing yourself’: CPS senior on her year on the Chicago School Board

‘You’re not just representing yourself’: CPS senior on her year on the Chicago School Board

When Carolina Carchi became the Chicago Board of Education's honorary student board member last year, representing the more than 300,000 students in the district, the role didn't intimidate her. It brought her joy.“I realized that it wasn't just a title,” Carchi said. “It was a commitment to listen, to advocate and to bring student voices directly into the decision making spaces.”Now, the Clemente Community Academy senior is preparing to graduat…