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.
Since April 1, nearly $4 million has flowed into candidates’ campaign funds and more than $2.8 million has been spent by two pro-school choice independent expenditure committees.
The change would help families of pre-K students who live outside a school’s boundary or attend one of 15 magnet schools.
Deputy Mayor Jen Johnson is taking a personal leave to focus on health and family. It comes amid tensions between City Hall and Chicago Public Schools.
The pro-school choice advocacy group contributed enough in several board districts to lift campaign contribution limits for all candidates.
The Chicago neighborhoods that either Jennifer Custer or Michelle N. Pierre will represent include Jefferson Park, Edison Park, Portage Park, and Norwood Park.
The Chicago Board of Education can ultimately decide to keep Martinez or fire him.
The Chicago Board of Education owns more than 800 school buildings, annexes, and other property. It would cost $14.4 billion to update and repair all of Chicago’s public school buildings.
The Chicago Board of Education is one of the state’s largest employers with more than 41,000 people on staff.
The Chicago Board of Education is responsible for the education of about 323,000 students. But they’re enrolled unevenly across the 10 new school board districts.