Stonington State Child Advocate Sarah Eagan said Wednesday that she has sent the school district a draft of her investigation into whether school officials here followed policy when they learned about the sexual harassment allegations involving former Stonington High School teacher and coach Timothy Chokas.
Meanwhile, state Department of Education spokesman Peter Yazbak said Wednesday that his agency is waiting to receive Eagan s final report as it proceeds with its investigation into whether Chokas teaching certificate should be revoked. That certificate does not expire until June 2023.
Eagan, who began her review in July 2019 after The Day began publishing a series of stories about how school officials handled the allegations against Chokas, wrote in an email that her office is working through the findings and recommendations of the draft with school officials.
Stonington Sarah Eagan, who heads the state Office of the Child Advocate, said Tuesday that she is working on the final draft of her review of how school officials handled the sexual harassment allegations against former Stonington High School teacher and coach Timothy Chokas and plans to publish her report next month.
Before then, Eagan said she will submit the draft of the report to the school system for its review.
Eagan began her review in July 2019 after The Day published the first of a series of stories about the allegations against Chokas and how school officials responded to them. Eagan is looking into whether school officials followed the policies in place at the time and if improvements are needed.