Cafeteria worker at north suburban high school fired after inappropriate behavior toward student

Clean school cafeteria with many empty seats and tables.
Clean school cafeteria with many empty seats and tables. Superintendent of Lake Forest School District 67 and District 115 Matthew Montgomery confirmed in a letter to the school community that a food service worker at Lake Forest High School was dismissed last month for inappropriate conduct with a student. Photo credit Getty Images

LAKE FOREST (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - The Superintendent of the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff School Districts has confirmed that a food service worker at Lake Forest High School was fired over inappropriate conduct with a student.

This was first reported by an organization called Parents Care, who said an adult food service worker’s employment was terminated for soliciting a relationship with a minor.

Superintendent Matthew Montgomery issued a letter to the school community on Friday.

“On February 21, administrators at LFHS received a report that a temporary worker had passed a note with a phone number on it to a student. Once we received the report, the administrators confirmed the accusation by reviewing security footage, immediately removed the employee from the food service setting, and launched a full investigation,” Montgomery wrote.

He said the employee was removed from school property within an hour.

A complaint regarding the employee's misconduct was filed with the employment agency, and administrators also contacted DCFS.

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