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CONTACT: Jim Blaney
Community Unit School District 303
201 S. Seventh Street
St. Charles, IL 60174
331.228.4904
Press Release
North H.S. Dean’s Asst. Arrested and
Charged for Relationship with Student
D303 Administration Acts to Terminate His Employment
May 8, 2015
St. Charles North High School Dean’s Assistant Chris Lee is under arrest by the St. Charles Police
Department and has been charged with crimes by the Kane County State’s Attorney Office for allegedly
having an inappropriate relationship with a North High School student.
Mr. Lee has been suspended without pay effective Thursday, May 7, 2015 by St. Charles School District
303. District 303 administration has recommended that he be terminated from employment. The Board of
Education will vote on the administration’s recommendation at the Regular Meeting of the Board on
Monday, May 11, 2015.
Mr. Lee was in his first year as a Dean’s Assistant at St. Charles North, he had been an assistant basketball
coach for the last five seasons.
The investigation of this matter began when a tip was given to the Student Resource Officer at St. Charles
North H.S. While the tip was anonymous and did not contain many details, the officer began investigating.
The investigation was a joint effort between the St. Charles Police Department and St. Charles School
District 303.
District 303 thanks the St. Charles Police Department for their assistance in the vigorous pursuit of the
investigation of this matter. The staff at St. Charles North also deserves to be commended for their
assistance in the investigation.
“The most important step in the investigative process is that a person who suspected something was wrong
told the school through the Student Resource Officer,” said Dr. Don Schlomann, District 303 Superintendent
of Schools. “Again, this demonstrates the responsibility we all have as community members to speak up if
we have any knowledge of something that is not right.”
“First and foremost, District 303 is a learning community made up of students, parents, staff and the
community members who support our schools,” Schlomann added. “Student safety is our top priority and
with that in mind, we will conduct an internal review of this incident in order to learn if there was anything we
could have done differently.”
According to the Kane County State’s Attorney, Lee is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault, a
Class 1 felony, and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony.
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Lee appeared Friday, May 8, 2015, in Kane County bond court. Bail was set at $150,000. Lee must post
$15,000 to be released on bond while the charges are pending. His next court appearance is set for 9
a.m. May 20, 2015, in front of Circuit Judge Susan Clancy Boles in Courtroom 305 at the Kane County
Judicial Center.
If he posts bond, Lee is to have no contact direct or indirect with the victim, and no unsupervised contact
with anyone younger than 18 and he is prohibited from being within 150 feet of the victim’s residence.
Photo of Chris Lee
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