American Federation for Children ad calls Underly ‘hand-picked candidate’ of teachers’ unions

The American Federation for Children Action fund spent $56,500 on digital ads opposing Pecatonica School Superintendent Jill Underly, according to its filing with the Ethics Commission. The ad calls Underly the hand-picked candidate of the teachers’ unions. The spot focuses on schools not being open to in-person instruction with the narrator saying “hundreds of thousands of students across the sta...