First it was the story of how the Chicago Public School system delayed and denied services to special education students, leading to the appointment of a state monitor to oversee CPS’s compliance with state and Federal law.
Now, in today’s Chicago Tribune, there’s a front page story that describes systematic sexual abuse of students by teachers and employees of CPS, abuse that was reportedly ignored or covered up by teachers, administrators and any number of others whose job it is to make sure that such things don’t happen. Read the entire article; it will turn your stomach.