A “Chicago high school serving detainees at the Cook County Jail falsely inflated its enrollment and attendance data and awarded course credits that were not earned”

Inspector General: Chicago Board of Education:

From the 2012–13 school year through the 2015–16 school year, 342 students were kept on the rolls improperly after their release from jail a total of 352 times

On average, those students were listed falsely as being enrolled at the school for 42 days following their release from jail In 54 instances those students were kept on the rolls for more than 100 days after their release.

The school also falsified attendance. During the 2015–16 school year alone, 45 students were reported falsely as being present for the full school day a total of 351 times after they were already released from the jail

The attendance of students still in the jail was inflated as well.

The school frequently awarded students credits when the students had not received enough classroom instruction to qualify for them.

One teacher told the OIG the school was a “credit mill.