“The changes promised by the Chicago Board of Education in 2018 following @Chicago Tribune’s “Betrayed” investigative series exposing systemic sexual abuse and cover-ups within the Chicago Public School (CPS) system have not materialized.
Our client’s story is just one of many cases GGH has recently uncovered where teachers and administrators at CPS schools failed to report known or suspected child abuse to DCFS or law enforcement, despite being mandatory reporters required to do so under Illinois law. Our team is committed to fighting for not only monetary compensation for the survivors of CPS abuse for the trauma they endured, but also for training and accountability changes within the entire CPS system.
“Every teacher must understand the consequences if they do not report abuse,” Gould and Grieco said. “And every single teacher, administrator, principal, coach who doesn’t report abuse, must face consequences.””
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