For months, sources have been saying Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to oust Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez.Mayor Johnson has explicitly denied asking Martinez to resign,

CHICAGO — Published reports suggest that Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez has hired a law firm to help avoid the city’s alleged attempts to fire him. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city’s Teacher’s Union reportedly want Martinez gone, and the standoff continues in the midst of contentious contract negotiations.

An attorney representing the Chicago Board of Education offered to buy out Pedro Martinez, the embattled chief of Chicago Public Schools, according to sources close to the conversations. The offer, made over the phone earlier this week,