At least three dozen aldermen, including numerous allies of Mayor Brandon Johnson, posted an open letter Saturday blasting the mayor’s handing of Chicago Public Schools that led to the entire Chicago Board of Education announcing they will soon resign.

The move would allow Mayor Brandon Johnson to appoint a new school board that would fire CPS chief executive officer Pedro Martinez.

A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his entire hand-picked school board would resign, dozens of members of the City Council blasted the recent developments in an open letter. Following the announcement of the resignations,