Michilla "Kyla" Blaise
Chicago Board of Education, District 5b, on the Chicago ballot November 3, 2026. Incumbent. Endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union.
Campaign site (blaiseforschoolboard.com)
Running on
Blaise says she is running to ensure a quality and enriching education for all students, drawing on her experience navigating CPS as the mother of two CPS students. She emphasizes equity and access, community representation over big-money interests in the first fully elected board, and data-driven approaches to budgets and policy, citing her recent public policy graduate studies.
Background
Blaise is a political consultant who founded Blaise and Associates and serves as chief of staff to Cook County Commissioner Frank Aguilar; she began her career on the staff of 46th Ward Alderman Helen Shiller. She was appointed to the board's District 5b seat in the fall of 2024 after the previous board resigned.
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Everyone in this race: Chicago Board of Education, District 5b