At a town hall meeting Monday, the head of the Chicago Park District reassured a concerned mother that policy changes being put in place would prevent supervisors from taking advantage of young lifeguards — the sort of behavior that caused a sexual misconduct scandal last year.
“As superintendent, you have my word that I will do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again,” Park District CEO Rosa Escareno told an audience at the Horner Park field house before listing a number of reforms that would increase accountability and give young lifeguards confidence to recognize and report bad behavior.
