Unit 5 Dismisses Teacher In Abuse Case; Passes Tax Levy
The Unit 5 school voted Wednesday night to formally dismiss a teacher charged with sexually abusing his students. Those charges were later dropped. Jonathan Hovey was charged in 2019 with sexually abusing two of his students while employed as a first-grade teacher at Glenn Elementary School. Hovey hasn’t been in the classroom since April 14, 2019. He was placed on administrative leave one day after Unit 5 received information from a mother whose child reported being abused “almost every day” during the 2017-18 school year. During the ensuing investigation, Normal police learned of a sec...
Source: wglt.org