Chicago Board of Education approves settlement in sexual abuse lawsuit against teacher

CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Board of Education has given final approval Pay $800,000 to a former student who was sexually abused by a teacher.

The payment was made as a settlement in a 2019 lawsuit filed by a woman known only as Jane Doe, who said she was sexually abused by a former teacher at Gurdon S. Hubbard High School in the West Lawn neighborhood.

Doe, now in her 30s, said she was abused by former Hubbard High School teacher Walter Glascoff. She spoke exclusively on CBS 2 about her experiences in high school about 20 years ago.

Doe said the abuse began when she was 16 and still haunts her.

Doe did not tell an adult about the abuse until she was in her 30s, when she told her therapist. The therapist contacted authorities and Chicago Public Schools launched an investigation.

Ultimately, the district concluded that Glascoff had abused Doe. Glascoff had admitted to district investigators that he had sex with Doe when she was in high school.