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As part of a partnership with Chicago Public Schools, Adrian Zamudio has been welcoming students into his pizzeria after school for the past 4 years.
Aldermen expressed frustration and disappointment that school board members didn't show up to discuss the mayor's shakeup of the school board.
Chicago school board members past and present were invited to City Hall on Wednesday to talk about the ongoing turmoil at the Chicago Public Schools, but none of those board members showed up. The meeting then turned into a chance for aldermen to press CPS chief executive officer Pedro Martinez about the district's budget woes.
What happens when City Hall calls a meeting, but those invited don't show up? In the case of a Chicago City Council committee meeting to discuss the mayor's recent shakeup of the school board, aldermen shifted their focus.
Two events taking place Wednesday morning are focused on ongoing issues with schools in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedros Martinez will attend a City Council committee meeting to discuss the district's budget, at the same time the teachers' union is calling on CPS to help keep several charter schools open.
CTU political action committees have contributed more than $1 million to candidate campaign coffers so far in the city's first-ever school board election.
The CBS News Chicago Investigators have discovered that the school, Shrub Oak in Westchester County, New York, has been investigated for reports of abuse and neglect. Yet the Chicago Public Schools continue sending kids there. Megan Hickey reports.
A special City Council meeting had been scheduled for Wednesday to look into the recent school board shakeup, but no school board members showed up.
The Chicago City Council is still waiting to get answers to their questions regarding the recent shakeup at the Chicago Board of Education. Aldermen were supposed to hold a special meeting on the controversy on Wednesday, but none of the current or future school board members showed up, so they’ll try again next week.
With so many questions still looming over the Chicago Board of Education in wake of its recent shakeup, the City Council might soon be able to get some answers from incoming and outgoing school board members.
CTU officials said their plan to sweep TIF funds back to CPS would help the district avoid mass program and personnel cuts.
The Chicago Teachers Union wants the city to take money used to entice developers and re-direct it to Chicago Public Schools, saying it could generate $1 billion for the school district.
The event came after an at-times contentious news conference on Monday, where Johnson announced six appointees to his new school board following mass-resignations from the board last week.
Mayor Brandon Johnson again emphasized that the power to transform the Chicago Public Schools lies only with him, but some lawmakers and advocates are not happy with the way he handled the CPS board. Sabrina Franza reports.
Mayor Brandon Johnson did not take questions at an event at City Hall Tuesday, but nevertheless, he took to task those who questioned his decision to appoint an entirely new school board ahead of an election. Sabrina Franza reports.
Johnson bristled when asked if he was moving to replace the entire school board so the new board could fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez.
After last week’s mass-resignation, Mayor Brandon Johnson introduced his six new appointees to the board of Education Monday. Jermont Terry reports.
On Monday, Johnson—who himself once worked for the Chicago Teachers Union—made his picks to replace the board. As Political Reporter Chris Tye reports, 41 out of 50 members of the Chicago City council do not like how these events are playing out.
An activist, a former Chicago Teachers Union employee, and a reverend; just three of the six new Chicago Board of Education members named by Mayor Brandon Johnson at a fiery news conference Monday morning.
Mayor Brandon Johnson named six new members to the Chicago Board of Education, days after the entire current board stepped down amid months of tensions at the Chicago Public Schools, including over the fate of the district's CEO, Pedro Martinez.
Members of the City Council said they want a voice at the table, but Mayor Johnson said he alone has the authority on these matters.
About three dozen City Council members blasted the state of CPS after the resignations.
Amid the uncertainty over how the resignations came about, CBS News Chicago tracked down Johnson at his events to try to get some answers.
A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his entire hand-picked school board would resign, dozens of members of the City Council blasted the recent developments in an open letter. Following the announcement of the resignations, the 41aldermen wrote, "This is unprecedented and brings further instability to our school district."
A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his entire hand-picked school board would resign, about three dozen members of the City Council blasted the recent developments in an open letter.
