Juan Ignacio González wins District 8b seat in Chicago School Board race

District 8b neighborhoods: New City, Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, McKinley Park, Bridgeport, the Loop, Brighton Park, West Lawn, Near South Side, Armour SquareJuan Ignacio González, a veteran Chicago police detective and local coffee shop owner, defeated college student Alexander Angeles to represent District 8b, a largely Latino area that stretches across the city’s Southwest Side.Angeles joined the race as a write-in candidate at the end of August. Earlier this summer, the Chicago election authority kicked incumbent and Mayor Brandon Johnson appointee Cydney Wallace off the ballot due to challenges to her petition signatures.González, a Back of the Yards resident, said he was motivated to run for school board in the mostly Latino district after hearing from parents who were concerned about students being used as “political pawns” on May Day. The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools reached an agreement to keep schools open on May 1 while allowing civic actions after some bac