Liz biondi warren township high school

GURNEE, Ill. (WLS) -- There are calls for a north suburban board member to resign after she said during a meeting that the district should not hire a superintendent who is gay.

The Warren Township school board met Tuesday night in Gurnee, but the woman at the center of the controversy, Liz Biondi, was a no-show.

The six other school board members say if she won't resign, they'd like to oust her from the board but legally cannot.

Liz biondi warren township high school

They plan to ask the regional superintendent to do it.

"To hear an elected official from this community suggest that a gay person is somehow less qualified to hold the position of superintendent is simply unacceptable and wrong," said Kelly Stanbury, a parent.

Most speakers addressed the empty chair at the end of the table, because school board member Liz Biondi apparently chose not to answer those calling on her to resign - which included almost everyone