As her inner circle draws federal heat, CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett steps down

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Federal subpoenas released by CPS, dated April 13 and 14, extended to a close corps of Byrd-Bennett loyalists who worked with her in Cleveland and Detroit before taking six-figure jobs at CPS. Sherry Ulery, the CEO's $175,000-a-year chief of staff and Rosemary Herpel, a $140,000-a-year "Executive director of leadership development" in CPS' HR department, are due before a federal grand jury on Tuesday.

"I want to speak directly to every CPS parent, student, teacher and member of the CPS family," Ruiz told reporters at CPS headquarters.

Byrd-Bennett will be using her accumulated leave time while she is off, Ruiz said, but CPS officials refused to say how many days that is and what will happen if she's off more days than she has.


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