{"id":110961,"date":"2024-10-06T06:38:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T23:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110961"},"modified":"2024-10-06T06:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T23:38:49","slug":"entire-chicago-school-board-to-resign-over-teachers-union-dispute-with-dem-mayor-deeply-alarming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110961","title":{"rendered":"Entire Chicago school board to resign over teachers union dispute with Dem mayor: &#8216;Deeply alarming&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago Board of Education<\/a> have announced their resignations after reportedly resisting a\u00a0pressure campaign from the city\u2019s Democrat mayor to fire the public schools CEO during contract negotiations with the Chicago Teachers Union.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/critics-blast-chicago-mayor-johnson-cps-mass-resignations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox32 Chicago<\/a> that several of the board members grew agitated by an effort from Mayor Brandon Johnson\u2019s office for them to get rid of Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez and approve a high-interest, short-term loan aimed at plugging a budget gap and paying for a new teachers union contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be disappointing and irresponsible for Mayor Johnson to push for such a risky move just to lower the city\u2019s own deficit. There is nothing progressive, transparent, or accountable about such a move,&#8221; 40th Ward Alderman Andre Vasquez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Andrefor40th\/status\/1842344838039019772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X Friday<\/a> after the seven board members said they would quit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that this pressure would lead to an entire board &#8212; all of which were appointed by the mayor &#8212; to resign is unprecedented and deeply alarming,&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/chicago-school-board-approves-measure-do-away-ranking-schools-longstanding-structural-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES MEASURE TO DO AWAY WITH \u2018RANKING\u2019 SCHOOLS AFTER \u2018LONGSTANDING STRUCTURAL RACISM\u2019<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/343\/192\/brandon-johnson-pedro-martinez.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/686\/384\/brandon-johnson-pedro-martinez.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/672\/378\/brandon-johnson-pedro-martinez.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1344\/756\/brandon-johnson-pedro-martinez.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/931\/523\/brandon-johnson-pedro-martinez.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1862\/1046\/brandon-johnson-pedro-martinez.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/brandon-johnson-pedro-martinez.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/brandon-johnson-pedro-martinez.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1200\/675\/brandon-johnson-pedro-martinez.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Mayor Brandon Johnson and CPS CEO Pedro Martinez\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Sources tell Fox32 Chicago that members of the Chicago Board of Education were agitated by a pressure campaign from Mayor Brandon Johnson, left, to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, right.<\/span> <span>(Jeff Schear\/Getty Images for James Beard Foundation\/Eileen T. Meslar\/Chicago Tribune\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this week, Johnson said, &#8220;I didn\u2019t ask anybody to do anything,&#8221; and &#8220;The only thing that I\u2019m requiring in this moment is leadership that\u2019s prepared to invest in our children,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wbbm780\/news\/local\/entire-chicago-board-of-education-to-resign-after-weeks-of-friction-at-cps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WBBM Newsradio.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then in a statement on Friday, the mayor\u2019s office said, &#8220;Mayor Brandon Johnson and members of the Chicago Board of Education are enacting a transition plan which includes all current members transitioning from service on the Board later this month. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the shift to a hybrid elected and appointed Board forthcoming, current Board members and Mayor Johnson understand that laying a strong foundation for the shift is necessary to serve the best interests of students and families in Chicago Public Schools,&#8221; the statement added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The powerful Chicago Teachers Union said in its own statement that the resignations are the &#8220;latest instability caused by the CEO in our district. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We finally have a mayor that is moving the district away from cuts and furloughs and leading us toward a transformed school system that provides for its students and their families, and provides stable quality education in our communities. To date, this CEO has told him \u2018no,\u2019&#8221; the CTU said on its website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/students-left-behind-chicago-academy-suffers-from-staffing-issues-teacher-absences-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>STUDENTS LEFT BEHIND AS CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL SUFFERS FROM STAFFING ISSUES, TEACHER ABSENCES: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/343\/192\/ctu-president-chicago-mayor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/686\/384\/ctu-president-chicago-mayor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/672\/378\/ctu-president-chicago-mayor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1344\/756\/ctu-president-chicago-mayor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/931\/523\/ctu-president-chicago-mayor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1862\/1046\/ctu-president-chicago-mayor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/ctu-president-chicago-mayor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/ctu-president-chicago-mayor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1200\/675\/ctu-president-chicago-mayor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and CTU President Stacy Davis Gates\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates, left, stands with Mayor Brandon Johnson as he arrives at the Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library on Feb. 7, 2024.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Terrence Antonio James\/Chicago Tribune\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Martinez wrote a column <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/09\/24\/opinion-cps-pedro-martinez-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in the Chicago Tribune<\/a> in late September in which he said, &#8220;I remain against exorbitant, short-term borrowing, a past practice that generated negative bond ratings for CPS and that would likely lead to additional bond rating cuts and higher borrowing interest rates.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new 21-member hybrid elected and appointed board will come into office in January, according to Fox32 Chicago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s office says he will announce seven new appointments to replace the outgoing members on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/343\/192\/brandon-johnson.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/686\/384\/brandon-johnson.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/672\/378\/brandon-johnson.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1344\/756\/brandon-johnson.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/931\/523\/brandon-johnson.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1862\/1046\/brandon-johnson.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/brandon-johnson.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/brandon-johnson.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1200\/675\/brandon-johnson.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Chicago mayor speaks at DNC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Brandon Johnson, mayor of Chicago, speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(David Paul Morris\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a 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