1. Forrest Edward Claypool is an American politician who has held several positions in the governments of Chicago, Cook County, and the State of Illinois.
18 Facts About Forrest Claypool
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Forrest Claypool was the Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools from July 27,2015, until December 8,2017.
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Previous offices held by Claypool include Superintendent of the Chicago Park District from 1993 to 1998, Chief of Staff to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and President of the Chicago Transit Authority.
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Forrest Claypool received his bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, and in 1981, graduated with a JD degree from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was editor of the school's law review.
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In 1989, Forrest Claypool began working for Mayor Daley, serving for two years as his first Chief of Staff.
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In 1993, Daley asked Forrest Claypool to take on the task of overhauling the Chicago Park District after allegations of the hired truck scandal that made public while he was the mayor's chief of staff.
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When Forrest Claypool became the CEO and Superintendent of the CPD, the District had a budget of $300 million as well as a payroll of 4,100 full-time employees and roughly an equal number of seasonal employees.
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When Forrest Claypool took over the District in 1993 it was in financial disorder.
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Forrest Claypool left the CPD in 1996 to serve a second term as Chief of Staff to Daley.
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Forrest Claypool quickly allied himself with fellow freshmen Commissioners Larry Suffredin and Tony Peraica.
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Forrest Claypool declared in December that he would run for the Democratic nomination for County Board President in 2006.
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Forrest Claypool raised more campaign funds than every other candidate in 2005, ending the first half of the year with over $900,000.
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Forrest Claypool won the support of many newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, the Daily Herald, the Daily Southtown, and others.
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On Tuesday, April 6,2010, Forrest Claypool announced he would enter the Cook County Assessor election as an independent candidate.
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Forrest Claypool ran against Democrat Joseph Berrios, Green Robert Grota and Republican Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall.
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Forrest Claypool was the first independent candidate to run in the history of the Cook County Assessor's office.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on July 16,2015, that Forrest Claypool would assume the role of chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools on July 27,2015.
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Forrest Claypool resigned as CEO on December 8,2017, after the school district's inspector general accused him of engineering a "full-blown cover-up" during an ethics investigation concerning the school system's chief attorney.