CHICAGO (WLS) — The Chicago Board of Education will meet Friday, just one day after the newly appointed president resigned.

Six mayoral board members will meet for their first official meeting Friday morning without the Rev. Mitchell Johnson.

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rev. Johnson resigned on Thursday after a Jewish publication exposed dozens of controversial Facebook posts about women, 9-11 conspiracy theories and views on Israel.

Jewish mothers of Chicago public school students are relieved he is no longer at the helm of the Chicago Board of Education.

“My children are visibly Orthodox in Chicago Public Schools, and I have to tell you that when I heard that our mayor was going to appoint someone to such a position, I had a visceral response,” Estie Spero, a Jewish mother of the students from Chicago Public Schools.

Governor JB Pritzker and more than 40 of the 50 members of the Chicago City Council shared the same reaction after seeing the anti-Semitic statements.

Now some are questioning Mayor Brandon Johnson’s vetting process for his new school board.

“How have they been vetted and do we need to look deeper into their background and make sure they are qualified to handle children?” Sector 50 Ald. Debra Silverstein, the only Jewish member of the Chicago City Council, said.

So far, the new school board members have declined the City Council’s request to appear in chambers and answer questions.

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he will work expeditiously to find a new board president as the board meets for its first regularly scheduled meeting Friday morning.

A week after being sworn into office, the president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday over controversial social media posts.

Now-former Chicago Board of Education President Rev. Mitchell Johnson apologized for the posts Wednesday, but more troubling information emerged Thursday, leading to more asks him to resign.

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Conspiracy theories involving 9/11 and posts against women were enough for Mayor Brandon Johnson to call for Reverend Johnson’s resignation. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and nearly 40 aldermen also called for Reverend Johnson’s resignation, with many questioning why the mayor appointed him in the first place.

Chicago board members demanded to know how Reverend Johnson was vetted to become Mayor Johnson’s choice to be the Chicago school board president.

“I always want to ask if the vetting process is important to all of us,” 25th Ward Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez said.

“I think a normal person would think, the average person would think, that a simple social media search would have found this and automatically disqualified him,” 11th Ward Ald. Nicole Lee said.

“How have they been vetted and do we need to look deeper into their background and make sure they are qualified to handle children?” said 50th Ward Ald. Debra Silverstein, the only Jewish member of the Chicago City Council.

rev. Johnson openly admitted in a radio show posted on his Facebook page that he is a regular social media user. Several of his posts included anti-Israel sentiments and conspiracy theories surrounding 9/11, both topics he discussed on the radio show.

“I believe the Israeli government is engaged in genocide,” Reverend Johnson can be heard saying on the show.

“The way those towers were built, they could have withstood a plane hitting them in the side,” he added.

In addition, an anti-women post was discovered.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released the following statement Thursday:

“Today, we asked Chicago School Board of Education (BOE) President Reverend Mitchell Johnson to resign, and he has resigned, effective immediately. Reverend Mitchell Johnson’s statements were not only painful, but deeply disturbing. I want to be clear: anti-Semitic, misogynistic, and conspiratorial statements are unacceptable. My administration is committed to supporting the mission of transforming our public education system. It has become clear that his continued participation in the BOE would impede the important work we must do for our schools identify a qualified individual who shares our dedication to educational excellence and who will serve with an unwavering commitment to the values ​​we hold dear . I remain steadfast in my commitment to work with all stakeholders to ensure that every child in Chicago has access to the quality education they deserve. Protecting and empowering Chicago Public Schools students remains our North Star. The meeting of the Board of Education on Friday will be held as planned according to the current status of the BOE”.

Reverend Johnson’s questionable background did not surface overnight. A day after he was sworn in as Chicago school board president last week, the mayor stood by him as questions were raised about why the Rev. Johnson was permanently disbarred from the Ohio Bar. Before that, 41 aldermen asked the new council to appear before the council, but they refused.

“I think if we had had the opportunity to have them in front of us, we could have asked some of these questions before we were installed as full board members,” Ald. Lee said.

As Rev. Johnson’s views on women and Jews surfaced, several city leaders and parents reacted Thursday night, questioning why Johnson gave him the job in the first place.

“I would certainly be concerned for the safety of my children and the safety of all Jewish children in the system,” said Yehudis Goldfarb, a Jewish mother of students in the Chicago Public Schools.

Jewish mothers of Chicago public school students are relieved. rev. Johnson is no longer at the helm of the Chicago Board of Education.

“My children are visibly Orthodox in Chicago Public Schools, and I have to tell you that when I heard that our mayor was going to appoint someone to such a position, I had a visceral response,” Estie Spero, a Jewish mother of the students from Chicago Public Schools.

Late Thursday afternoon, Mayor Johnson confirmed his sudden about-face about his hand-picked school president at a Chicago Police Department press conference announcing hate crime charges following the recent shooting of a Jewish man on the North Side.

“Reverend Johnson, I had a conversation with him, I asked him to resign and he did,” Mayor Johnson said.

rev. Johnson issued a lengthy apology Wednesday night to the Jewish community.

Some city leaders, including the city’s only Jewish councilwoman, Debra Silverstein of the 50th Ward, are questioning Mayor Johnson’s vetting process for his new school board.

“How have they been vetted and do we need to look deeper into their background and make sure they are qualified to handle children?” Ald. Silverstein said.

So far, the new school board members have declined the city council’s request to appear in chambers and answer questions.

The board will meet Friday for a regularly scheduled meeting

Governor Pritzker released the following statement earlier Thursday:

“Anyone charged with the administration of the Chicago Public School Board must exemplify focused, inclusive and consistent leadership. The views expressed in the current president’s posts — anti-Semitism, misogyny, fringe conspiracy theories — clearly do not meet that standard. We owe it to our students, families and teachers to provide the highest quality education, and that starts by setting a positive example of kindness and inclusion in the best interest of our schools and our children for the president to step down.”

Reverend Johnson’s resignation follows the entire previous Education Council resigned based on Mayor Johnson’s report they want to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez.

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