Mayor Brandon Johnson planned to announce replacements for the entire seven-member Chicago Board of Education on Monday, but a majority of City Council members are saying “not so fast.”
Mayor Brandon Johnson planned to announce replacements for the entire seven-member Chicago Board of Education on Monday, but a majority of City Council members are saying "not so fast."Thirty-eight out of 50 City Council members have signed a scathing letter demanding hearings before Johnson moves forward. The signatories include a handful of alderpeople who had been progressive allies of the mayor and who were supported by the powerful Chicago Teachers Union.
Martinez and the board also refused to authorize a short-term, high interest loan to help plug a budget deficit, pay for worker pensions, and help fund a new CTU contract.The letter called the chaos "unprecedented," and said, "it brings further instability to our school district." Further, the alderpeople criticized the mayor for failing to successfully lobby state lawmakers for more CPS money, as CTU has placed the blame squarely on Martinez.
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