Chicago Board of Education to meet after President Rev. Mitchell Johnson resigns over controversial posts [Video]

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

Six mayor-appointed board members will meet for their first official meeting Friday morning without Rev. Mitchell Johnson.

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

Jewish mothers of Chicago Public Schools students are relieved he’s 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 when I heard our mayor would appoint somebody to such a position, I had a visceral response,” Estie Spero, a Jewish mother of Chicago Public Schools students.

Governor JB Pritzker and more than 40 of Chicago’s 50 City Council members also shared that same reaction after seeing the antisemitic …