AURORA, Ill. - Some Black leaders in Aurora are calling for the resignation of school board member Mayra Reyes over her past comments about Black students in the district.

Quad County Urban League President, CEO Theodia Gillespie, DuPage County NAACP President Michael Childress, and retired district administrator Cynthia Latimer Butler are among the people calling for Reyes' resignation from the East Aurora School District 131 School Board.

According to the accusers, Reyes has created an "unwelcome" climate in the district after the remarks she made about Black students enrolled in the district's Dual Language Program.

"As far as the dual language program, I'm not as in support of it as I once was," said Reyes in an audio file. "I struggle with the fact that we are now giving the adva

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