DC Public Schools Chancellor To Resign: Report

UPDATE: Washington Post reporter Peter Jamison tweeted just after 4 p.m. that Wilson will resign by the end of the day on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, DC -- Six D.C. Councilmembers are urging D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson to resign after being accused of using his position to bypass the school lottery system so his own child could transfer, according to a report.

Fox 5 reports that Councilmembers Kenyan McDuffie, Elissa Silverman, Charles Allen, Mary Cheh, Robert White, and Vincent Gray are all calling for Wilson to step down.

Wilson allegedly moved his daughter from Woodrow Wilson High School to Dunbar High School, where the wait list is 706 students long.

D.C. Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles, also implicated in the scandal, has already resigned.

"Earlier this week, the DC Inspector General alerted me to questions about the school placement of Chancellor Wilson's children," Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a statement. "In researching the matter, we found that the Deputy Mayor and the Chancellor did not comply with the Mayor's Order related to school placements, specifically the transfer of his child from one school to another school, several weeks after the school year began. This morning, I accepted the Deputy Mayor's resignation and I have set out a series of corrective actions for Chancellor Wilson, including issuing a public apology, removing his child from the out-of-boundary school, as well as referring the matter to the Board of Ethics & Government Accountability and to the Inspector General to further examine if the code of conduct was violated. We remain focused on providing all of the resources and support for our students, parents and staff."