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The head of Chicago Public Schools is now suing members of the Chicago Board of Education in an attempt to prevent his firing.
The school board is scheduled to meet on Friday afternoon at 5:45 pm. One of the points on the agenda is to discuss the fate of general director Pedro Martínez.
Hours before the board meeting began, Martinez filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against the board and the seven members individually. The board members, who were appointed by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, are: Olga Bautista, Michilla Blaise, Mary Gardner, Sean Harden, Frank Niles Thomas, Deborah Pope and Rafael Yáñez.
Martinez is seeking a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction and a permanent injunction to try to stop the board from taking action against him at Friday night’s board meeting.
In the lawsuit, Martinez and his attorneys allege that the board violated the terms of its contract. Martinez says he also opposes taking out a short-term, high-interest $300 million loan to pay for a proposed teacher contract. The loan has been a bone of contention for months between Martinez and Johnson, as well as their allies within the Chicago Teachers Union.
The lawsuit also alleges that Johnson asked Martinez to resign on September 18, but Martinez refused. The mayor does not have the authority to fire Martínez; That responsibility falls to the board.
On October 4, all seven members of the previous school board, who were also appointed by Johnson, resigned rather than fire Martinez. Johnson named new board members on October 7 in a passionate press conference.
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Weeks later, the school board’s incoming president, the Rev. Mitchell Johnson, also resigned from the board after city leaders said posts he made on social media were anti-Semitic and misogynistic.
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