Mayor Brandon Johnson today will reveal his interim appointees to the Chicago School Board, days after the entire board announced their resignations, causing upheaval in Chicago Public Schools.
The new board could carry out Johnson's wishes to fire CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and have the district take out a high-interest loan to pay for teacher raises, pay for worker pensions, and help fund a new Chicago Teachers Union contract.The current school board is resigning this month while contract negotiations are going on with the teachers union. The CTU said Martinez has not worked hard enough to secure more state funding for schools.
I mean, this is the third-largest school district in America and we need to provide steady leadership and this throws a wrench in all of that," Ald. Bill Conway said.Early voting opened last week in Chicago. Voters are choosing 10 elected school board members. The other 11 members will be appointed by Johnson. They will take office in mid-January, replacing the interim board that is named today.On Saturday, State Rep.
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