New Chicago school board president resigns

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighs in on presidential election, CPS Board fallout
Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned for Kamala Harris this past weekend in North Carolina, is reflecting on the election, with one day left.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board president, under fire for controversial social media posts, resigns
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire for social media posts from critics, including Gov. JB Pritzker and the mayor, deemed antisemitic,
New Chicago school board president resigns after 'disturbing' statements, mayor says
Rev. Mitchell Johnson was among seven new board members who were appointed after the previous board resigned en masse earlier this month.
Chicago School Board President Resigns Over Social Media Posts
One week into the job, the Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson resigned amid criticism by elected leaders that his past posts were anti-Semitic and misogynistic.
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Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson did the right thing in axing Rev. Mitchell Johnson from the Chicago School Board
No wonder Chicago’s one Jewish alderman, Debra Silverstein, 50th, called upon Mitchell Johnson to resign, saying that these comments make Jewish families feel unsafe at Chicago Public Schools, and found close to 30 other aldermen to join her in her quest.
New Chicago school board meets one day after president's resignation
The former board president resigned on Thursday over social media posts that were deemed antisemitic, misogynistic, and conspiratorial.
Chicago school board to meet Friday morning after president resigns
The Chicago board of Education is set to meet this Friday morning. President Mitchell L. Ikenna Johnson is resigning at the request of Mayor Brandon Johnson, amid growing pressure over a string of controversial Facebook posts supporting Hamas,
Chicago school board head ousted because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, misogynistic
The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson walks fine line in reversing campaign promise to not raise taxes
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Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes $300 million property tax hike to help close $1 billion budget gap
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a $300 million property tax hike in 2025, going back on a key ...
Mayor Johnson vs. Donald Trump? In CPS School Board races, big money defines messaging, voters’ choices
Chicago voters in many school board voting districts have ... it would be hard to blame them for thinking they were ...
Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson, your city hiring freeze looks like slush
It is the nature of bureaucracies to expand or, at the very least, protect their size and thus the clout of the people who ...
Opinion
Editorial: Aldermen must force Mayor Brandon Johnson to find solutions other than a massive property tax hike
Facing a 2025 budget gap of nearly $1 billion, the Johnson administration last week seized every option available to it other than any meaningful concessions from the city’s vast labor force to cover ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils $17.3 billion city budget, proposes steep property tax increase
Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses the City Council Wednesday as he unveils his proposed budget for 2025, which includes a ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches $300 million property tax increase to help close massive budget hole
Johnson’s flip-flop on his campaign pledge not to raise the tax is part of a proposed $17.3 billion budget that avoids ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks $300M property tax hike in 2025 budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday proposed Chicago’s largest property tax hike in almost a decade as part of his $17.3 ...