The Board of Education overseeing Chicago Public Schools’ December meeting is underway. An hour before the meeting the Chicago Teachers Union gathered at the district’s administrative offices in Bronzeville demanding their four-year contract be settled before the Trump administration is sworn in.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A new member of the Chicago Board of Education was sworn in on Thursday, replacing a board president who resigned over controversial social media comments he had made. Sean Harden took the oath at the last Chicago school board meeting of 2024. It was not clear Thursday night whether he will be president of the board.

The Board of Education overseeing Chicago Public Schools is scheduled to meet Thursday evening for their monthly meeting. An hour before the meeting begins, the Chicago Teachers Union will demonstrate outside the district’s administrative offices in Bronzeville demanding their four-year contract be settled before the Trump administration is sworn in.

The meeting at the district's Colman Office, at 4655 S. Dearborn St., is the last for the current Board of Education before the new partially elected board is seated in January.