District 233 candidate Aredell “AJ” Roundtree is surrounded by family and friends who are teachers.
“Five of my best friends are teachers, and I somehow missed the bus,” he jokes, although he has an endorsement as a chief school business official.
Roundtree’s career is in marketing. He is running on a slogan “Equity, Excellence and Empowerment.” It covers a slew of special topics he says he’ll emphasize if elected to the Homewood-Flossmoor High School school…


