John Kass: The gourmet lunch bunch and other Chicago public school rip-off stories.

John Kass reports:

It turns out that principals and teachers and other school employees have been ripping the kids off, taking cash intended for students and turning it into good stuff for adults, like electronics and steak and lobster lunches.

According to a report by CPS Inspector General Nicholas Schuler’s office, educators “stole or misappropriated” thousands of dollars in school-purchased gift cards that were supposed to be used as incentives for good students and their families.

Are these educators or Chicago wiseguys?

And how did the scammers and thieves (oh, sorry, I meant educators) spend those gift cards and other school funds intended for students?

How about a gourmet lunch club where a principal and teachers feasted on lobster and steak, while the kids were forced to eat those crappy federal fruits and vegetables?

If you were a kid, what would you rather have for lunch: the usual, or a thick, juicy steak with shrimp on the side?

Another educator got a BMW immaculately cleaned and detailed with the kids’ cash, because, well, don’t all property taxpayers who fund the public schools drive BMWs too?

One principal ripped off the gifts for students by spending at least $22,000 for personal electronics and groceries.

The great moments of government schools!