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Identities of 40,000 Chicago Public School Teachers at Risk

Rosalind Rossi and Lisa Donovan write in The Chicago Sun-Times:

Two laptop computers containing the names and Social Security numbers of about 40,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers and administrators were stolen Friday from the district's downtown headquarters, creating the second security scare in less than six months.

Surveillance cameras picked up the possible thief walking out of CPS headquarters, 125 S. Clark, with a stolen backpack possibly holding the laptops, school officials said.

CPS was offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest or recovery of the computers.

The laptops and backpack were taken from a 13th-floor conference room where two contractors had been reviewing the history of payments to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund, said CPS spokesman Michael Vaughn.

posted by Fergie @ 4/07/2007 10:52:00 AM