The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school board says it is “deeply troubled and angered” by the allegations of embezzlement, wire fraud and tax fraud outlined in a federal indictment against its former superintendent and two Chicago Public School administrators.

Devon Horton, who was district superintendent from 2019 to 2023, was indicted Thursday along with three other people in connection with an alleged kickback scheme that paid Horton $81,000 when he led the north suburban school district. Horton faces two counts of wire fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion, according to court records. Former Hyde Park Academy Principal Antonio Ross and Hyde Park Academy athletic director Alfonzo Lewis were also charged in the case.

The 17-count indictment alleges that Horton, Antonio Ross, Lewi

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