A Chicago Public Schools student accused the Board of Education in a lawsuit filed Tuesday of failing to run a “thorough” background check on a security guard who had been arrested several times and was later charged with sexually assaulting the girl.

“He was someone that shouldn’t have been allowed in a position where he’s protecting people and protecting their health and safety. It’s as simple as that,” said the girl’s attorney Mark Brown, a managing partner at Lane Brown LLC. “The laziness of CPS hiring committee is what is at fault here.”

The then 43-year-old security guard, Romel Campoverde, was arrested in 2023 and charged with criminal sexual assault of the 15-year-old student at Farragut Career Academy High School in the Little Village neighborhood. Prosecutors said at the time

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