This time, children have been directly victimized. And the adults in charge should have protected them. They didn’t. the latest CPS scandal also threatens to trigger multi-million dollar lawsuits for years to come.

CPS’ repeated failure to protect students in more than 100 cases , has taken center stage. The problems documented included teachers and

principals failing to alert police or DCFS of suspected abuse as required by law, and staffers with sex crime histories slipping through CPS’ ineffective background checks.

http://newsbout.com/id/18273964710 It would have been bad enough for Emanuel had this been the first major scandal at CPS, but it isn’t.

A series of Tribune findings showed the district conducted ineffective background checks that exposed students to educators with criminal convictions and arrests for sex crimes against children, while some teachers and principals failed to immediately alert child welfare investigators when allegations of abuse arose. CPS officials also acknowledged to the newspaper, Tribune that the district does not have a standard protocol for investigating reports of sexual misconduct, while weaknesses in Illinois law help protect predators and do not require state authorities to collect data about sexual abuse of students.

Lori Lightfoot said was the administration's failure “to act decisively to protect our kids.” By going on the offensive about the multiple instances the Chicago Tribune found of teachers and principals mishandling such cases, Lori Lightfoot( running for mayor) sought to highlight shortcomings with a basic expectation of CPS families: that their children are safe while at school and called on CPS to “cease and desist” having its Law Department both investigate sexual abuse allegations and also draw on its investigative files if a victim sues.

what the hell, the chicago mayor is not obeying the law. He is not protecting our kids. This is horrendous. To think our children are not safe from sexual predators in our schools...….