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Entire Chicago school board to resign over teachers union dispute with Dem mayor: 'Deeply alarming'

"The fact that this pressure would lead to an entire board -- all of which were appointed by the mayor -- to resign is unprecedented and deeply alarming," he added. 

CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES MEASURE TO DO AWAY WITH ‘RANKING’ SCHOOLS AFTER ‘LONGSTANDING STRUCTURAL RACISM’ 

Sources tell Fox32 Chicago that members of the Chicago Board of Education were agitated by a pressure campaign from Mayor Brandon Johnson, left, to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, right. (Jeff Schear/Getty Images for James Beard Foundation/Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Then in a statement on Friday, the mayor’s office said, "Mayor Brandon Johnson and members of the Chicago Board of Education are enacting a transition plan which includes all current members transitioning from service on the Board later this month.  

"With the shift to a hybrid elected and appointed Board forthcoming, current Board members and Mayor Johnson understand that laying a strong foundation for the shift is necessary to serve the best interests of students and families in Chicago Public Schools," the statement added. 

The powerful Chicago Teachers Union said in its own statement that the resignations are the "latest instability caused by the CEO in our district.  

"We finally have a mayor that is moving the district away from cuts and furloughs and leading us toward a transformed school system that provides for its students and their families, and provides stable quality education in our communities. To date, this CEO has told him ‘no,’" the CTU said on its website. 

STUDENTS LEFT BEHIND AS CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL SUFFERS FROM STAFFING ISSUES, TEACHER ABSENCES: REPORT 

Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates, left, stands with Mayor Brandon Johnson as he arrives at the Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library on Feb. 7, 2024.  (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

The new 21-member hybrid elected and appointed board will come into office in January, according to Fox32 Chicago. 

Johnson’s office says he will announce seven new appointments to replace the outgoing members on Monday. 

Brandon Johnson, mayor of Chicago, speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.  (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"I really believe that they're going to try and appoint a rubber-stamp board of his CTU colleagues and friends in order to give CTU everything they want before this board takes effect," 9th Ward Alderman Anthony Beale, described by Fox 32 Chicago as a critic of the mayor, told the station.