Chicago Board of Education Votes to Fire Leader of City’s School System NYT | Top Stories Mitch Smith and Dana Goldstein 21 December 2024 at 11:45 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. © Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times, via Associated PressPedro Martinez, the chief executive of Chicago’s public school system.