Johnson wants a board that will oust Chicago Public School CEO Pedro Martinez because he won't bend the knee to the mayor and Chicago Teachers Union.
Johnson wants a board that will oust Chicago Public School CEO Pedro Martinez because he won’t bend the knee to the mayor and Chicago Teachers Union.The seven Chicago Board of Education members will resign, allowing Mayor Brandon Johnson to appoint people to do his bidding.
The entire Chicago Board of Education is resigning, a stunning development after months of acrimony that clears the way for Mayor Brandon Johnson to appoint a new board that will follow his orders — fire schools CEO Pedro Martinez, make a contract deal with the Chicago Teachers Union and take a loan to cover a city pension payment and the teachers’ contract this year.
In the end, the departures seemed mutual, a source said — board members were upset with the mayor’s handling of the strife and the position they were being put in, and the mayor wanted a change since his appointed board wasn’t doing as he wanted.
But because he has not been accused of anything egregious, such as corruption, firing him for “cause” could open up the board to a lawsuit. However, a source close to the board was highly critical of Martinez’s decision to publicly air his interactions with the mayor in a. Martinez said the mayor had asked him to resign and he declined. The source described that as a “brazen” move and “insubordination” — an accusation that could potentially be used in an effort to fire Martinez.
And nowhere is that fact more profoundly demonstrated than in our inner city public schools. The incestuous relationship between administration and public sector teachers unions is self-dealing on a level that would make a longshoreman blush.
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