LAW FIRM HIRED

• In closed session, the Chicago Board of Ed voted to hire Jenner & Block LLP at the behest of CPS CEO Forrest Claypool for work it did preparing a never-filed lawsuit against the state seeking increased funding. • Claypool and his handpicked general counsel, Ron Marmer, both worked for Jenner & Block. • Marmer is still receiving a five-year, $1 million severance package from Jenner & Block.