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Frank Niles Thomas, an appointed member of the Chicago Board of Training, is stepping down, board President Sean Harden introduced Wednesday.
In remarks to the general public, Thomas didn’t disclose a cause for leaving.
“Generally we’ve agreed, generally we’ve disagreed, however many instances we spent extra time engaged on these issues that we agree on, and it has actually been a pleasure,” Thomas mentioned. “I want you a lot success sooner or later, and I want the residents of Chicago and the kids of Chicago Public Colleges the most effective college system that they might presumably have.”
Harden introduced Thomas’ departure instantly after the board voted to nominate Macquline King, a Metropolis Corridor advisor and former principal, because the district’s interim CEO; Thomas voted to nominate King.
Mayor Brandon Johnson first appointed Thomas to the Board of Training final fall after the mayor’s first appointed board resigned en masse. Thomas was reappointed to the board after it grew to become a 21-member, hybrid, elected-appointed physique. He represents District 9 and lives in subdistrict 9a, which covers the communities of Auburn Gresham, Englewood, West Englewood, and Canaryville.
Thomas is a CPS graduate and U.S. Air Pressure veteran who for a decade served because the twenty first Ward superintendent of town’s Division of Streets and Sanitation, in line with his biography on the district’s web site. He additionally served on the Native College Council at Dunne Elementary College, the place he based a management abilities program for college kids. Thomas has 4 youngsters who graduated from CPS.
Harden mentioned he tried to steer Thomas to not go away.
“It’s an unimaginable loss to the district, to the board,” Harden mentioned. “Your levelheadedness has been very commendable.”
The mayor’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Reema Amin is a reporter masking Chicago Public Colleges. Contact Reema at ramin@chalkbeat.org.
