The Politics At Stake In The Principals Association Election

It’s time for a brief primer on the heated election for the presidency of an organization that until recently you probably never heard of—the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association.

  I mean, let’s be real—it’s not like the idea wouldn’t occur to him.

        In fact, Janice Jackson, one of the mayor’s top CPS appointees, is a voting member of the association—a point I’ll get to in a moment.

        So here’s another question savvy readers may already be asking: If LaRaviere is a vociferous Rahm critic, does this mean Hunter’s running as Rahm’s rubber stamp?

        “The first time I met Rahm was when he was running for mayor [in 2011],” says Hunter. “I told him the local alderman was on my local school council at Prosser. In the course of our conversation, I repeated that information. He turned to me and said, ‘That’s the second time you mentioned that to me.’ And I thought—’You prick. I’m trying to be courteous and I’m trying to be nice. And you’re a prick.'”

A feat she managed to accomplish without cracking up.