$3M Glen Mills School Settlement Reached in Abuse Lawsuit

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The exterior of Glen Mills School in Glen Mills
Image via Jessica Griffin, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Glen Mills School

Former students of the now-closed Glen Mills School in Glen Mills have reached a $3 million lawsuit settlement with the Chester County Intermediate Unit and local and state agencies stemming from accusations of systemic abuse there, writes Maddie Hanna for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The school’s license was revoked four years ago by Pennsylvania following an investigation revealing decades of violence against students sent to the school.  A class-action lawsuit followed.

The settlement will provide the former students with resources to “change their futures,” said Maura McInerney, legal director at the Education Law Center representing the plaintiffs.

“These young adults experienced and witnessed abuse and were left to languish in an ineffective, self-directed credit recovery program or diverted to a GED path, while the hope of obtaining a high school diploma slipped away,” she said.

They could receive cash payments, compensatory education or a combination.

The Chester County Intermediate Unit had a contract with the Glen Mills School but disagreed with plaintiffs over its obligation to oversee the school.

There are other claims in the lawsuit that still need to be resolved.   

Read more about a $3 million settlement between former students of the Glen Mills School and the Chester County Intermediate Unit in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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