West Cook News

GOP activist William Mueller voiced out he is not surprised by a report finding numerous instances of sexual abuse in Chicago public schools.

Mueller’s comments come after a report revealed Chicago Public Schools has had 1,735 adult-to-student sexual contact cases in the past four years.

“And nobody thinks there is grooming going on … Above all, the left is sexually corrupt and they are liars. They are to be defeated soundly if this country is going to survive,” Muller told West Cook News.

Will Fletcher Inspector General for the Board of Education revealed several details of sexual abuse in the Chicago Public Schools system in the report. Fletcher devoted most of his report to investigations of sexual allegations by a special unit the school board created in 2018. A team of 30 staffers handles hundreds of allegations per year. They substantiated 302 policy violations and prosecutors filed at least 16 criminal charges. 

One of the report's findings was” Several individuals under investigation had lengthy criminal records making them ineligible to work in schools.” They also found out that a previous Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps staff member had sex with a student 16 or 17 years old. He provided alcohol to her and had her buy marijuana for him. When he became aware of an investigation he threatened to kill her and her family if she disclosed his abuse.

Chalkbeat Chicago reported some CPS staff had covered up sexual crimes at schools. “Seven other staffers failed to report and actively hid suspected violations including the principal, the assistant principal, head of security, a counselor, and a teacher’s assistant. They were alleged to have known about the abuses but failed to report, according to the OIG,” Becky Vevea, bureau chief for Chalkbeat Chicago, wrote.

In the lame-duck session, lawmakers pushed HB 5188 which would have mandated all schools teach strict sexual education standards including introducing children to gender dysmorphia. The bill is seen as a way of mandating the sexual education standards included in SB 818, which was signed into law last year by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. That previous law allowed school districts to opt out. The new law would require standards for all public schools. SB 818 law requires children as young as eight to be subjected to lessons on sexual education. The law was billed as a way to standardize state and federal sexual education standards.