Michilla "Kyla" Blaise

Michilla “Kyla” Blaise is an appointed Chicago Board of Education member.¹ She is a Chicago Public Schools parent and chief of staff for Cook County Commissioner Frank Aguilar.¹ On the board, she introduced a budget amendment that reversed some planned cuts by assuming the district would receive an additional $150 million in uncommitted state funding.²

She says she is focused on increasing district funding.² She has proposed turning Marshall High School into a sports magnet school or adding middle school grades.² At a candidate forum, she argued that career and technical education programs may require greater investment.³ She pointed to restorative justice and calming spaces as tools schools can use to address student behavior.³