Chicago Public Schools will pay $700,000 to two former Lincoln Park High School administrators who were fired in 2020 over claims that they mishandled sexual misconduct allegations involving the school’s boys basketball team.

The Chicago Board of Education voted Thursday to unanimously approve the settlement with the school’s former interim principal, John Thuet, and Assistant Principal Michelle Brumfield, whose February 2020 firings prompted protests by students and parents, and an internal investigation.

Thuet and Brumfield were placed on CPS’ “Do Not Hire” list, but they were removed from that list this year. They will receive $350,000 each under the settlement, which stems from a federal lawsuit they filed shortly after being fired.

In previous interviews with the Sun-Times, Thuet a

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