CPS Inspector General's Report Details Theft, Cheating
(CBS) -- Rampant wrong-doing is going on in a number of Chicago Public Schools according to a new report by the CPS inspector general, reports WBBM's Bernie Tafoya.
CPS Inspector General Nicholas Schuler says that more than $875,000 has been stolen from two high schools and that the Cook County State's Attorney's office is investigating. It allegedly involved kickbacks to CPS employees for vendor contracts.
Other wrongdoing found in the past year includes at least a dozen students being admitted to selective enrollment high schools because their parents lied about where they lived. Some of those students are the children of CPS employees.
The IG also found that some schools in which administrators fudged statistics, saying that students who had really dropped out of school had transferred to another school.
CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett released a statement saying, "CPS does not tolerate corruption, fraud or waste, and always cooperates fully with any investigation into the intentional misuse of funds. We supported the Inspector General's investigation and will work cooperatively with the Cook County State's Attorney's office into this theft, and the District plans to make every effort to recover the funds once the investigation is complete."