Mila Koumpilova

Mila Koumpilova

Senior Reporter, Chalkbeat Chicago

Mila Koumpilova is a Senior Reporter at Chalkbeat Chicago. She previously wrote about higher education and immigration at the Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis. Mila has also covered education at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and The Forum in Fargo, N.D. A former North Dakota Rookie Reporter of the Year, she has received recognition from the Education Writers Association, the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists and others. She is a graduate of the American University in Bulgaria and the Missouri School of Journalism.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is yet to appoint the board’s final, 21st member.

The CTU says dipping in the district’s reserves and other steps could help cover contract costs, but CPS says its options are limited.

The district’s Office of the Inspector General found that CPS employees and at least one campus mishandled family income forms that determine fee waivers and school funding.

Eight months of increasingly contentious negotiations have produced some notable agreement — and little progress on other issues.

The current school board is slated to fire or offer the CPS schools chief a buyout at a Friday evening meeting

The school board will hold a special meeting Friday night to consider terminating Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez

The Chicago Teachers Union says Trump’s mass deportation plans make it especially urgent for the district to agree to a new contract before 2025.

Former Chicago Public Schools administrators will join the school board today at its December meeting.