School official guilty in sex case

Ex-Oak Brook aide also admits theft

A former Oak Brook school official faces up to 3 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to stealing school equipment and making obscene gestures to a student while exposing himself. 

David Grayson, 66, of La Grange Park faces sentencing May 17 from DuPage Judge Perry Thompson, who accepted his guilty pleas Monday.  The official sex charge against Grayson was sexual exploitation of a child, a misdemeanor. 

Assistant State's Atty.  Elizabeth Szerlong said that on Dec. 3, 2004, while Grayson was head of Butler Middle School's computer department, he masturbated in front of a student while naked in a school classroom. 

Grayson also admitted that he ordered two iPod units using a school requisition order, then gave them to two people who worked with him on an outside project not associated with the school. 

Grayson, who worked for Butler for 16 years and was a former assistant principal, was fired May 9, 2005. 

Szerlong said that at sentencing, prosecutors will be able to detail allegations that Grayson also used school computers to access pornographic sites.  Thompson could also hear details of a sexual complaint made against Grayson for an alleged incident with a student 15 years ago, despite the statute of limitations. 

Grayson, who has been out of jail on $1,000 bail since his arrest, declined to comment Monday.