6 CPS workers fired, 33 removed as hundreds of sex misconduct complaints roll in

Thirty-three workers have been pulled from Chicago Public Schools in the last three months as the number of sexual misconduct complaints against staff and students and filed to the district’s new Office of Student Protections since the fall approaches 1,000.

Those 33 staff members are out pending investigations, while four substitute teachers have been blocked from the district, one employee retired after being confronted with allegations and six were fired as a result of investigations, CPS Inspector General Nicholas Schuler told the Board of Education at its monthly meeting on Wednesday.

Schuler’s office is investigating 136 complaints from minors against school workers dating back to Oct. 1, with at least five new cases popping up since the start of this year.

Schuler said the complaints ranged from alleged sexual assault to inappropriate texting to “generally creepy or concerning behavior” that’s more difficult to categorize.

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