Tim McNicholas, CBS Chicago Reporter, explores the potential impact of a high school dean’s homophobic Facebook posts with Grecia Magdaleno, Policy and Advocacy Manager for Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, which made its home at PHIMC in 2019:

“CPS is so much better than this. They always have been,” said Grecia Magdaleno, of the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance.

Magdaleno said that dean needs to be educated.

“Ultimately I think it just perpetuates this idea that people who are different are not worth engaging in, or they’re worth ridiculing,” Magdaleno said.

The employee’s posts included posted laughing emojis, but to Magdaleno and other advocates, it’s no joke.

View the full story, aired on CBS Chicago on June 14, 2021, or read a transcript here:
CPS High School Dean Under Investigation For Homophobic Jokes On Facebook