The Unit 5 school voted Wednesday night to formally dismiss a teacher charged with sexually abusing his students. Those charges were later dropped.
Jonathan Hovey was charged in 2019 with sexually abusing two of his students while employed as a first-grade teacher at Glenn Elementary School.
Hovey hasn’t been in the classroom since April 14, 2019. He was placed on administrative leave one day after Unit 5 received information from a mother whose child reported being abused “almost every day” during the 2017-18 school year.
During the ensuing investigation, Normal police learned of a second, similar allegation against Hovey during the 2004-05 school year. But no charges were filed in that case, and Hovey continued teaching in the district.