What is Forrest Claypool?
[[File:Forrest Claypool (4013934875).jpg|right|thumb|Forrest Claypool]] '''Forrest Claypool''' (born 1958 in [[Vandalia, Illinois]]) is an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was the superintendent of the [[Chicago Public Schools]] system serving from the resignation of [[Barbara Byrd-Bennett]] in June 2015 until his own resignation in December 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thometz|first1=Kristen|title=Forrest Claypool to be CPS CEO|url=http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2015/07/16/forrest-claypool-be-cps-ceo|access-date=17 July 2015|publisher=[[WTTW]]|date=16 July 2015}}</ref> Before becoming superintendent, Claypool has held several positions in the governments of [[Chicago]], [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]], and the [[Illinois|State of Illinois]]. He was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Cook County Board of Commissioners]], Chief of Staff to [[Chicago Mayor]] [[Rahm Emanuel]], and President of the [[Chicago Transit Authority]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Forrest Claypool biography|url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-04-19/news/ct-met-cta-emanuel-claypool-0420-box-20110419_1_forrest-claypool-law-degree-biography|website = tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date = 2015-12-02|archive-date = 2015-12-08|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208125040/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-04-19/news/ct-met-cta-emanuel-claypool-0420-box-20110419_1_forrest-claypool-law-degree-biography|url-status = dead}}</ref> In 2007&ndash;2008, Claypool served as a key member of [[Barack Obama]] campaign's media team, in his capacity as a longtime partner of [[David Axelrod]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Claypool, Forrest}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Educators from Chicago]] [[Category:American civil servants]] [[Category:Politicians from Chicago]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}