Former Illinois school nurse sentenced for ‘diabolical’ mismanagement of student medications

The Brief

  • A former Arlington Heights school nurse was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months of probation for misappropriating student medications.
  • Police said Tory Eitz, 48, altered school records and endangered multiple children at Westgate Elementary School.
  • Attorneys for the victims’ families called the conviction an important step toward accountability and criticized the school district’s handling of her conduct.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. A former Arlington Heights elementary school nurse has been sentenced to jail time after pleading guilty to misappropriating medications prescribed to students.

What we know:

Tory Eitz, 48, was sentenced Thursday to 180 days in Cook County Jail, with 90 days to be served in the jail’s drug treatment program.

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