The Chicago Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting Friday night to potentially fire Martinez.
CHICAGO -- The attorney for embattled Chicago Public Schools CEO is threatening a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education, should the mayor's hand-picked board members move forward with a move to fire him at a special meeting scheduled for Friday evening.The agenda for Friday night's school board meeting includes two separate items regarding Martinez's fate – either a buyout of his contract or termination.
In September, Martinez said he refused a request from Mayor Brandon Johnson to resign his post after he declined the mayor's request to take out a $300 million high-interest loan to pay for the costs of a new proposed teachers contract and pension costs previously covered by the city. The entire previous school board resigned in October after being pressured by the mayor to fire Martinez. Johnson then picked a new school board within days.Martinez's future has been in doubt for months.
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