The following statement pertains to a settlement decision approved by the Evanston Township High School District 202 at a special board meeting on January 18, 2019.Įvanston Township High School District 202 is pleased to report that it has reached a settlement with the plaintiffs in the Bruce Siewerth matter. The following message was shared with Evanston Township High School students, families and staff on Friday: There is still a pending lawsuit against him. Siewerth, who is now retired denied wrongdoing. No money will go to former students, but the district is agreeing to spend $100,000 over the next decade to address sexual assault awareness, reporting and prevention. But Cook County prosecutors said that while there was evidence abuse took place, too much time had passed to bring charges.Įvanston school officials now say they’ve reached what they call a “unique” settlement agreement. Half a dozen former students told WGN Investigates they either witnessed or were victims of inappropriate touching in the 1970s and 1980s.įollowing our report, Evanston police investigated.
The students previously alleged school officials were negligent for not detecting a pattern of alleged abuse by a former theater teacher, Bruce Siewerth. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĮVANSTON - Evanston Township High School has reached a settlement with former students who sued the district. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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