Friday, January 16, 2026

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Category: Chicago

Chicago school board approves $17.5 million settlement over former administrator’s sexual abuse of student

The administrator, who was dean at Little Village Lawndale High School, has been sentenced to prison for coercing a student in 2013 into a sexual relationship.
By
Mike Kennedy

‘I can heal’: Former student reacts to $17.5M sex abuse settlement with Chicago Public Schools

In exclusive interview, the former student said no amount of money can take away pain from years of abuse at the hands of an administrator.
By
Bennett Haeberle, Lisa Capitanini, Nathan Halder, Katy Smyser

Chicago school board approves $17.5 million sex abuse settlement for former student

The Chicago Board of Education approved a historic $17.5 million settlement regarding the sexual abuse of a student by a former high school dean.
By
Hope Moses,Kate Armanini

Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct

The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
By
María Inés Zamudio, Isabelle Senechal, and Dana Brozost-Kelleher

Chicago Public Schools reaches $17.5M settlement after former dean sentenced in sex abuse case

Chicago Public Schools as reached a $17.5 million settlement in a lawsuit involving a former CPS high school dean who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a student, officials said.
By
ABC7 Chicago Digital Team

Chicago Board of Education reaches $17.5 million settlement in sexual abuse case involving former high school dean

The former dean, Brian Crowder, was charged with criminal sexual assault in 2022 after the victim said she was coerced into a relationship with him.
By
Jeramie Bizzle

Record $17.5 million settlement approved for former CPS student sexually abused by former school dean

The Chicago Board of Education has approved a record $17.5 million settlement for a former Chicago Public Schools student who was sexually abused by a former CPS dean.
By
Ethan Illers

Chicago Board of Education OKs $17.5M settlement in ex-dean’s sexual abuse case

The Chicago Board of Education approved a $17.5 million settlement just hours before the trial of a sexual abuse case involving a former Chicago Public Schools dean.
By
FOX 32 Chicago

Chicago Board of Education approves $17.5M sex abuse settlement for former student

Chicago Board of Education approved a $17.5 million settlement for a former student who was sexually abused by her former school administrator.
By
Bennett Haeberle

CPS Board Approves $17.5M Settlement With Ex-Student Who Was Sexually Abused by School Staffer for Years

Chicago’s Board of Education approved a whopping $17.5 million payment to settle a lawsuit brought by a former Little Village student who was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a school official for years.
By
WTTW News

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