Push to Force Chicago Public Schools CEO to Testify at City Council Committee Hearing Fails – WTTW (Chicago)

Pedro Martinez, appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot in September 2021 to lead the Chicago Public Schools, has never answered questions during a City Council meeting. Traditionally, the City Council has been loath to play an oversight role — even as city residents pay hundreds of millions of dollars from their taxes to run agencies like the school district and the Chicago Transit Authority.

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