New Map for Chicago School Board Proposed by Cor Strategies’ Data Experts Shows Additional Hispanic & Asian Representation Possible
INVERNESS—As legislators work through remapping the Chicago School Board districts, Cor Strategies’ data experts developed a map that provides more representation to Chicago’s Hispanic and Asian communities.
Cor’s data experts built a model, pulling data which included registered voting data, along with data from the Chicago Public Schools and Census Bureau, that more fairly and accurately took the city’s demographics into account.
Click to view the proposed map here.
In the proposed map, the district breakdown includes:
- 16 Majority Minority Districts
- 7 Hispanic Districts
- 7 Black Districts
- 1 Asian Plurality District
- 5 White Districts
“The stark contrast between the school district map we developed and what has been proposed already is we accurately include the Asian community and we don’t underrepresent Hispanics,” said Cor’s Chicago Political Expert Chris Jackowiak. “If you just look at voting data, you don’t get the full scope of Chicago demographics and that’s how Hispanics and Asians can end up being so misrepresented in maps that have been politically drawn.”
Springfield Democrats claim their new maps would bring them closer to community-led education, yet certain minority groups would actually have less representation if these maps were passed.
Cor Strategies Founder Collin Corbett said, “We’re not map-makers but we are data experts, and our data team was able to identify maps that would lead to even more Hispanic and Asian representation on the school boards than what the Democrats in the House and Senate proposed, so clearly their maps could be improved to better reflect the city.”
