CHICAGO — A coalition of lawyers, activists, former students and parents are demanding the reinstatement of at least three Black principals recently fired or reassigned by Chicago Public Schools.
At a press conference Thursday in front of CPS headquarters, 42 W. Madison St., supporters of former principals Abdul Muhammad, Gerald Morrow and Kimberly Gibson said the three were “discriminated against and persecuted” by district administrators and white teachers.
All three administrators were removed from their schools within the last year. Muhammad was abruptly ousted from Lindblom Math and Science Academy in Englewood in March. Morrow was one of two Black administrators at Bronzeville’s Dunbar High School suspended in December. Gibson was ousted from Lakeview’s Harriet Tubman Elementary School, though it wasn’t immediately clear when.
Chicago Principals and Administrators Association president Troy LaRaviere demanded that Mayor Brandon Johnson reinstate the three to their former positions.
LaRaviere also called on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to “investigate the abusive and discriminatory patterns and practices of Chicago Public Schools” that he says led to the administrators’ removal.
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