Reopening of Chicago Public Schools watchdog inquiry roils candidate’s bid for school board president
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Just weeks before the Nov. 3 election, Hilario Dominguez, a candidate for Chicago school board president , is facing fallout after the Chicago Public Schools internal watchdog reopened an…
After the Chicago Public Schools internal watchdog reopened an investigation into allegations made by a former student against a candidate for school board president, Hilario Dominguez, the issue is becoming a contentious point in the upcoming election. Dominguez, the union-backed candidate in the three-way race, faced criticism from at least two other school board candidates after the watchdog reopened the case this summer.
The former student claimed that Dominguez, who worked as a community organizer at The Resurrection Project, made inappropriate comments to her in 2017 when she was a 17-year-old summer program participant. Dominguez denied the allegations and argued they were politically motivated, having emerged during his campaign for alderman in late 2018 and 2019.
He vowed to cooperate with the reopened investigation and clear his name. The watchdog stated that it found insufficient evidence to substantiate the allegation, but the former student criticized the investigation, claiming she only learned about it after it was closed. The union accused the watchdog of violating a policy against commenting on open cases and pledged to work for due process for Dominguez.
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