The education advocacy organization Berwyn CARES joins with residents in Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons and Stickney to urge the J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 Board to demand the immediate resignation of President Jeffry Pesek for ties to drug dealers, organized crime figures and other illegal business practices exposed in published testimony from the federal criminal trial of his childhood friend and employee.
Background: According to an article published in the Chicago Sun Times, among other dubious business relationships, Mr. Pesek partnered with a convicted cocaine, marijuana and heroin dealer in opening businesses that include a nightclub and liquor store and was recorded by the FBI discussing the 2007 mob-ordered bombing of a Berwyn business.
See: http://www.suntimes.com/4713224-573/cicero-officials-linked-to-criminals.html
The overall quality of our schools, both now and in the future, rests with decisions made by the board of education. Due to his involvement with convicted drug dealers and organized crime, and the fact that his businesses have failed to report wages, violated liquor laws and failed to disclose investors in his nightclub business, we find him unfit to lead. We call on the District 201 board to join us in demanding that Mr. Pesek resign immediately.
The overall quality of our schools, both now and in the future, rests with decisions made by the board of education. We want the best and brightest in charge.
Mr. Pesek%u2019s federal testimony demonstrates he lacks the qualities and qualifications that students need. Now is the time for a jury of Mr. Pesek%u2019s peers on the District 201 Board to take immediate action to remove him
We call on the District 201 board to demand that Mr. Pesek resign immediately.
