A judge has ordered Chicago school board members to stay away from Chicago Public Schools' ongoing contract talks with the Chicago Teachers Union, after CPS chief executive officer Pedro Martinez accused the mayor's hand-picked board members of "hijacking" negotiations.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board was blocked from changing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez’s duties, giving the embattled schools chief a victory.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s hand-picked school board voted Friday to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, taking a step their predecessors had resisted and capping a months-long campaign by the mayor and teachers union to oust the schools chief.

Many, including alderpersons and the members of the incoming elected school board, are denouncing the planned agenda.

The current school board appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson is slated to consider parting ways with CEO Pedro Martinez at a Friday evening meeting.

The job status of Pedro Martinez, the chief executive of Chicago Public Schools, had been in doubt for months amid tension with Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Local leaders are coming out against apparent plans by the Chicago Board of Education to oust CEO Pedro Martinez during a special meeting called for Friday after months of tension with Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Martinez's lawyer says he is asking a judge to guarantee that no one can stand in the way of Martinez doing his job while he is still in office.