School boards

The vote to terminate Martinez came late Friday night as the district’s two-week winter break began.

Martinez’s legal team alleges CEO was scapegoated and school board members were appointed to “do the bidding” of mayor, union

The mayor’s announcement came on the last day of a state-imposed deadline for his choices for the new 21-person board, which will include 10 elected members.

The Chicago Teachers Union says Trump’s mass deportation plans make it especially urgent for the district to agree to a new contract before 2025.

Former Chicago Public Schools administrators will join the school board today at its December meeting.

The share of voters who showed up and cast ballots in Chicago’s school board election bucked national trends.

In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s win for a second term in office, the Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution committing to protecting students of all identities, including varying immigration statuses.

While the elected members represent a diversity of opinions and interests, Mayor Brandon Johnson will hold a majority on the school board because he’ll choose most of the members.

Several students at Hancock College Prep said they didn’t know about the city’s first school board elections until their civics class. Now, they’re learning how to decide which candidates deserve their votes.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s newly-appointed school board president Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson is stepping down after past anti semitic and misogynistic comments surfaced online.

The remarks from Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson raised questions about how well city officials vetted him before the mayor appointed him as president of the Chicago Board of Education

The seven new members appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson did not take action Thursday to remove CEO Pedro Martinez.

Rafael Yáñez is the seventh new Chicago school board member.

Chicago alderpeople questioned Martinez over the school system’s budget as Mayor Brandon Johnson continues to spar with CPS over financial troubles at both city hall and the school district.

The Illinois State Board of Education kicked off budget season with a public hearing Thursday to get input on what it should propose to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

After the entire school board decided to step down amid a budget dispute, criticism from city aldermen and others is raining down on Brandon Johnson.

The resignations will come after weeks of pressure from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration to oust CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and take out a high-interest loan to cover costs — which the mayor’s appointed board has so far declined to do.

Neither the board nor Pedro Martinez directly addressed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request for the schools chief to quit.

The Chicago neighborhoods that either Raquel Don, Yesenia Lopez, or Eva A. Villalobos will represent include Pilsen, Little Village, Bridgeport, and Brighton Park.

The Chicago neighborhoods that Therese Boyle, Miquel Lewis, Lanetta Thomas, and La’Mont Raymond Williams will represent include Washington Heights, Beverly, and Auburn-Gresham.