Registered sex offender was allowed to volunteer for JROTC program in CPS, then ‘preyed on female students,’ new Inspector General’s report says “ A Safe Passage worker asked a girl on her way to school to tell him when she turned 18, wishing aloud that she were younger. A security officer at a charter high school texted a 17-year-old student to contact him when she was “legal.” A security officer at an elementary school gave students his Snapchat username and asked one eighth grade girl if she was interested in him romantically. A student reengagement specialist kissed, groped, bought beer and used cocaine with an 18-year-old student, who he also asked for a nude photo and said he wanted to have sex with. A special education teacher was charged with sexually assaulting an eighth grade boy. A charter high school basketball coach was charged with sexually assaulting two students. A school bus driver was charged with sexually abusing three students. One student was invited to visit the morgue with a JROTC volunteer who she discovered was on the state sex offender registry, for a crime committed at a cemetery. ” Their cases, which hint at the wide range of alleged sexual misconduct experienced by Chicago Public Schools students, are among many described in an annual report released this week by CPS Inspector General William Fletcher. During fiscal year 2020, its first full year since opening in October 2018, the inspector general’s Sexual Allegations Unit completed 267 investigations and opened 434 cases. Before, the district’s law department investigated most sexual misconduct cases involving CPS-affiliated adults, but that became the Office of Inspector General’s responsibility after the Tribune’s “Betrayed” series documented mishandled cases “in part due to inherent conflict-of-interest concerns,” the report ... Continue reading... https://www.chicagotribune.com/news...0210108-cu5mp7xbtfbtxmtgzni6z3v7qi-story.html | Find in Internet Archives | [google]Registered sex offender was allowed to volunteer for JROTC program in CPS, then ‘preyed on female students,’ new Inspector General’s report says[/google]
