TABLE OF CONTENTS
IN THIS EDITION PAGES 4-5 CPAA VISION AND MISSION OUR VALUES AND WHO WE ARE PAGES 6-7 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TROY LARAVIERE PAGE 8 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR TIPHANI CHAPLIN
PAGES 40-42 FROM ASSOCIATION TO UNION: WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT DOESN’T FROM ASSOCIATION TO UNION: AT-A-GLANCE PAGE 43 IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE, WE CARRY THE LOAD TOGETHER BY SUSAN PAIK PAGES 46-47 STABILITY OVER 30 YEARS BY KENT LAU
Broken Budgeting: Principals Left Scrambling Again
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PAGES 10-11 LETTER FROM THE CHIEF OF STAFF KIA BANKS PAGES 12-15 FIGHTING FOR CHANGE: IN THE RING WITH THE CEDO A CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER BOGDANA CHKOUMBOVA PAGES 16-17 THRIVING THROUGH TRANSITION D R . A L E X DA K E S S I A N
Thriving Through Transition
PAGE 49 PERMISSION TO CELEBRATE CPAA QUARTERLY CONTRIBUTOR
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PAGES 18-19 YOUR MEMBERSHIP AT WORK PAGES 22-25 BROKEN BUDGETING: PRINCIPALS LEFT SCRAMBLING AGAIN BY TIPHANI CHAPLIN PAGES 26-28 FIX THE FRAMEWORK, NOT THE FIGHT EXCERPT FROM JOUSEF SHKOUKANI
PAGE 50 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS DURING THE TRANSITION SAMANTHA ODYNIEC
MAGAZINE BOARD
2025–2026 IAA SUMMER SCHEDULE
Editor-in-Chief: Troy LaRaviere
PAGES 30-31 IAA SUMMER SCHEDULE 2025–2026
Managing Editor/Creative Director: Tiphani Chaplin Copy Editor: Lori Lewis-Chapman Editorial Design: Ann Liu Production Manager: Kent Lau Chicago Principals and Administrators Association | Local 2 of the American Federation of School Administrators 542 S. Dearborn St., Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60605
PAGES 32-37 GETTING TO KNOW SEAN HARDEN / BOARD PRESIDENT SEAN HARDEN WITH A MAP IN THE MAZE OF CHANGE PAGES 38-39 ON LEADERSHIP, LEGACY, AND THE TRANSITIONS THAT SHAPE US A CONVERSATION WITH RECENTLY RETIRED PRINCIPAL TONYA TOLBERT
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