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

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The entire Chicago Board of Education have announced their resignations after reportedly resisting a pressure campaign from the city’s Democrat mayor to fire the public schools CEO during contract negotiations with the Chicago Teachers Union .

Sources tell Fox32 Chicago that several of the board members grew agitated by an effort from Mayor Brandon Johnson 's office for them to get rid of Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez and approve a high-interest, short-term loan aimed at plugging a budget gap and paying for a new teachers union contract.