Clemente High School Coach Kept Job Even After Students Complained of Inappropriate Behavior
It turns out that at some schools, teachers who have complaints against them about inappropriate behavior can remain employed until law enforcement finally gets a whiff of what’s going on and arrests said teacher. Sound hard to believe? Well, this is exactly what happened at Roberto Clemente High School. Despite receiving multiple complaints “about inappropriate behavior by a longtime coach and local school council member,” the school kept the coach, Casino Cruz, employed until he was later arrested for “allegedly groping a student nearly a year ago.” Now, parents and two students have filed a civil lawsuit against Cruz and the Chicago Board of Education, “claiming that the district failed to act even after multiple reports about inappropriate behavior by Cruz surfaced, including a 2003 arrest for touching a female student on the swim team.” The district also received complaints about Cruz in 2012 and 2014, according to the lawsuit.
