Overview

• The Chicago Board of Education unanimously approved the agreement last week, awarding $350,000 each to John Thuet and Michelle Brumfield to resolve their federal lawsuit.
• Thuet and Brumfield were fired in early 2020 over alleged mishandling of sexual misconduct claims tied to the boys basketball team, allegations later determined to be unsubstantiated.
• A 2024 CPS inspector general report said actions by Office of Student Protections leaders Camie Pratt and Deborah Spraggins, including a conflicted off-the-books probe, influenced the terminations.
• Both former administrators were removed from CPS’s do-not-hire list in May after petitioning then-CEO Pedro Martinez.
• CPS previously paid more than $2 million to settle suits from suspended coaches and a dean, bringing total payouts linked to the episode to over $3 million.