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Mayor Brandon Johnson will announce his new picks for the Chicago Board of Education after the entire board resigned on Friday.
The resignations came after months of uncertainty over funding for a new teacher's contract and the future of CPS CEO Pedro Martinez.
These are temporary appointments because, for the first time, voters have the chance to elect 10 new board members in November.
The mayor will announce the seven new appointments to the board at 10:30 a.m. at a South Side church.
In a joint statement, the mayor's office and the school board cited the upcoming shift from a board appointed entirely by the mayor to a partially elected board. Voters in November will choose 1o board members, while Johnson will appoint 11 others, as well as the board's president.
None of the seven current board members – board president Jianan Shi; and members Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Mariela Estrada, Mary Fahey Hughes, Rudy Lozano Jr., Michelle Morales and Tanya Woods; all of them appointed by Johnson last year – planned to continue serving on the hybrid board when it is seated in January.
District CEO Pedro Martinez is against that move. Sources tell us the mayor wants Martinez to resign. Without a resignation, the only way to remove him from office would be fore the school board to fire him. The current members decided they'd rather quit than fire Martinez.
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The resignations came after months of uncertainty over funding for a new teacher's contract and the future of CPS CEO Pedro Martinez.
These are temporary appointments because, for the first time, voters have the chance to elect 10 new board members in November.
The mayor will announce the seven new appointments to the board at 10:30 a.m. at a South Side church.
In a joint statement, the mayor's office and the school board cited the upcoming shift from a board appointed entirely by the mayor to a partially elected board. Voters in November will choose 1o board members, while Johnson will appoint 11 others, as well as the board's president.
None of the seven current board members – board president Jianan Shi; and members Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Mariela Estrada, Mary Fahey Hughes, Rudy Lozano Jr., Michelle Morales and Tanya Woods; all of them appointed by Johnson last year – planned to continue serving on the hybrid board when it is seated in January.
District CEO Pedro Martinez is against that move. Sources tell us the mayor wants Martinez to resign. Without a resignation, the only way to remove him from office would be fore the school board to fire him. The current members decided they'd rather quit than fire Martinez.
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CBS 2 News Chicago brings you breaking news, weather, compelling exclusive content and award-winning investigative reports from the CBS 2 Investigators.
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