The article says that these were Principals making upwards of 70 grand a year. Leaving that aside, falsifying these forms is a Felony. These are Federal dollars we are talking about here.
And these crooks are being allowed to simply resign or be fired. You try falsifying a Federal aid form sometime and watch if you get to just say “sorry”, resign, and walk away.
The entire CPS is shot through with this kind of crap.
Doubtless there was a warning in the boilerplate on the form that intentional false statements to get aid would be considered a crime. And these doofuses went ahead and did it anyhow? What does a scandal like this look like to the school kids? In my day, the biggest educator scandal was teachers’ strikes. But at least they didn’t steal.
CPS employees making as much as $70,000 per year were applying for the benefit
I'm sure no principal in Chitown makes that little money. Here in Indiana (which pays well below Illinois) principals make 100 grand and up.