CHICAGO (IL)
Huffington Post
A teacher at a South Side Chicago high school claims she was fired after reporting a student’s alleged sexual assault to authorities.
Rochelle Daniels filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Bronzeville’s Hales Franciscan High School Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court. Daniels’ lawsuit claims her November dismissal from the private school was a violation of the Illinois Whistleblower Act, the Tribune reports.
Daniels said in late October a female student told her she was assaulted in a stairwell at school by two male Hales Franciscan students, prompting the English teacher to report the incident to the Department of Child and Family Services, according to the Sun-Times.
In an interview with WGN, Daniels said school administrators later told her they were handling the allegations internally and that she should have come to them first before calling DCFS.
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