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Senator Sandoval and Mayor Daley inaugurate “Irene C. Hernandez Middle School” on the Southwest Side of Chicago

Ron Huberman, CEO Chicago Public Schools; Chicago Alderman Edward Burke; Senator Sandoval; Minerva Garcia-Sanchez, Principal of “Irene C. Hernandez Middle School for the Advancement of the Sciences” and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. The event took place on September 17, 2009. Senator Martin Sandoval (D-12), Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Alderman Edward Burke addressed the crowd during the official inauguration of the new “Irene C. Hernandez Middle School for the Advancement of the Sciences”, 3510 W. 55th Street, a project aimed to alleviate school overcrowding and to improve the quality of education for thousands of students on the Southwest Side of Chicago.

Senator Martin A. Sandoval


12th District

Years served:
2003 - Present

Committee assignments: Committee of the Whole; Licensed Activities; Appropriations II; Transportation (Chairperson); Energy; Trans Subcommittee Special Issues (Sub-Chairperson).

Biography: Full time state-legislator, born in The Back of the Yards, graduate of Loyola University in Chicago where he earned a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology. Sandoval resides in the Chicago Southwest Side neighborhood of Gage Park with his wife, Marina, their twins, Martin Jr. and Angie, and their daughter, Jenny.