Chicago’s Board of Education has terminated its contract with the search firm hired to find the city’s next schools chief, as some members accuse Mayor Brandon Johnson of sabotaging the selection process.
The board is no longer working with Alma Advisory Group, which was hired last May to help guide the search for Chicago Public Schools’ next permanent CEO, according to a statement from six elected board members: Che “Rhymefest” Smith, Ellen Rosenfeld, Carlos Rivas Jr., Angel Gutierrez, Jessica Biggs and Therese Boyle.
In their statement, the members said they are “extremely disappointed” in Johnson and his handpicked board members whom they claim have “chosen to sabotage the process.”…