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Local School Council

The LSC is responsible for three main duties including: approving how school funds and resources are allocated; developing and monitoring the school's Continuous Improvement Work Plan (CIWP); and evaluating and selecting the school's principal. Local School Councils include the following members: 6 parents, 2 community members, 2 teachers, 1 non-teacher staff, and the school's principal.

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LSC Members


Parent, community, teacher and non-teaching staff representatives serve a two-year term beginning July 1 after each election and ending June 30 two years later. (This year the term has been extended until the end of December due to COVID-19 closures.)  The most recent election was held in the spring of 2018; the current LSC Members’ terms will expire in January 2020.

Meeting Schedule


All meetings are held in the school library. Please see below or the school calendar on the home page for any updates to meeting times or dates.  We seek to make meetings as accessible to parents/caregivers as possible and thus stagger meetings times to accommodate various schedules.

Meeting # 1:  Thursday, July 2, 2019 – Organizational Meeting @ 8:00AM
Meeting # 2:  Wednesday, August 19 @ 8:00AM
Meeting # 3:  Wednesday, September 16, 2020- 5:00PM
Meeting # 4:  Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 6:300PM
Meeting # 5:  Thursday, November 19, 2020 - 8:00AM
Meeting # 6:  Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 5:00PM
Meeting #7:  Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 6:30PM
Meeting # 8:  Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 8:00AM
Meeting # 9:  Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - 5:00PM
Meeting # 10:  Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 6:30PM
Meeting # 11:  Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 8:00AM
Meeting # 12:  Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 5:00PM

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Meetings are held in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act, meaning that they are open to all. In most cases, there will be a short amount of time at the start of the meeting and before adjournment for non-LSC member parents and community members to comment.
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For those of you who cannot be present at the meetings, you can call in the LSC's conference call number to listen to the regular meetings. Please, contact the LSC for call-in details. 

Contact a member directly


  • Chair Ismael El-Amin (parent representative):  ismael.elamin@gmail.com
  • Vice Chair Marjorie Baltazar (parent representative):  marjorieb@gmail.com
  • Secretary, OMA & FOIA Officer Jackie Gharapour Wernz (parent representative): jackiewernz@gmail.com@gmail.com
  • Chirag Shah (parent representative):  mrchiman@gmail.com
  • Diamond Baker (parent representative):  diamondlbaker@gmail.com
  • Morgan Jones (parent representative): morgan.cpslsc@gmail.com
  • Unfilled (community representative): 
  • Unfilled (community representative):  
  • Mattea Walsh (teacher representative): snteacherlsc@gmail.com
  • Priya Shah (teacher representative):  snteacherlsc@gmail.com
  • Gloria Morales (non-teaching staff representative): gqmorales@cps.edu
  • Katie Magnuson (principal): kmagnuson@cps.edu




The LSC has four active committees. Each is chaired or sponsored by a Local School Council member. For more information on a committee, please contact the appropriate member.

  • The CIWP Committee is chaired by  Katie Magnuson - kmagnuson@cps.edu. 
    • Meetings
      • Thurs., Nov. 5, 2020 -  8AM-9AM
        Thurs., Mar. 4, 2021 - 8AM-9AM
        Thurs., Jun. 3, 2021 - 8AM-9AM

  • The Principal Evaluation Committee is chaired by Nicolle Heller.
  • The Communications/Community Engagement Committee is currently dormant.
  • The Diverse Needs Committee is chaired by Jen Jones - sndiverseneeds@gmail.com
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  • The Wellness Committee is chaired by Shannon Pokornick - skinnernorthwellness@gmail.com.
    • ​http://skinnernorthwellness.weebly.com/​
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  • The Skinner North Upper Grade Committee is chaired by Holly Tomchey and sponorsed by Conor Sullivan.​
    • ​http://snugparentgroup.weebly.com/​ and SNUGCPS@gmail.com.
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2020-2021 LSC Agenda and Minutes
LSC Bylaws
Fundraising Request Form
Fundraising Reporting Form
2019-2020 LSC Agenda and Minutes
2018-2019 LSC Agendas and Minutes
2017-2018 LSC Agendas and Minutes
2016-2017 School Year LSC Agendas and Minutes
2014-2016 LSC Agendas and Minutes
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