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LEXINGTON – Lexington City Schools had a principal problem in that before Aug. 1 there were vacancies in top leadership positions in three of the six schools in the district.

Champaign News-Gazette. July 16, 2023.

A new state watchdog report calls for a “fundamental overhaul” at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center. But the state kept on administrators who were in charge during some of the facility’s most troubled years.

New reporting shows the problems at Choate are common throughout the statewide system.

New reporting shows the problems at Choate are common throughout the statewide system.

This year, Illinois officials announced what seemed like a solution to the outcry over abuse and cover-ups at a state-run developmental center: Downsize the facility and move about half the

As Wrentham continues the year-long celebration of its 350th anniversary with a birthday party Saturday, it has one foot in the past and one in the future.

Since September, there have been 465 new complaints to the inspector general’s hotline for reporting maltreatment at state facilities.

Since September, there have been 465 new complaints to the inspector general’s hotline for reporting maltreatment at state facilities.

Allegations of patient abuse, cover-ups and misconduct continue to proliferate at a beleaguered facility for people with developmental disabilities, despite promises of reform from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and officials