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CPS Oblivious During Sex-Abuse Scandal: Report

By Craig Dellimore
WBBM NEWSRADIO
August 17, 2018

https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/cps-oblivious-during-sex-abuse-scandal-report


A preliminary report on the Chicago Public School's sex-abuse scandal shows CPS officials had no idea how much of a problem they had on their hands.

The preliminary findings  issued by former federal prosecutor Maggie Hickey and her law firm are blistering in assessing how CPS handled thousands of reports of possible sexual harassment, child welfare alerts,  and allegations of employee misconduct.

The report says the school system did not collect overall data to spot trends at certain schools or in specific areas, and so CPS failed to recognize the extent of the problem. 

And, the report says that while CPS has policies dealing with sexual misconduct, employees were not trained on them. There was also no way for officials to see if the policies were being carried out or if they were effective.     

The schools system already started carrying out some of the report’s recommendations, even before it was released.

School Board President Frank Clark’s issued a statement saying student safety is the highest priority of the board. The report will be a roadmap to build on  steps that are already underway, he said.




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