Within the next two weeks, the suburban Cook County regional superintendent wants to open a hearing regarding any suspension of the teaching and administrator certificates of the Sandridge Elementary School principal and teacher, identified as the man and woman who engaged in sexual activity in the principal's office at school.

Principal Leroy Coleman and teacher Janet Lofton resigned Thursday after DVD recordings began circulating showing them engaged in sex acts in Coleman's office at school.

Coleman cited health problems and Lofton cited family illness as the reason for their resignations, which took effect immediately, Sandridge Elementary District 172 School Board Attorney John Izzo said.

A third staff member identified as another women shown in the video, teacher aide Anjayla Reed, submitted her resignation Friday effective immediately, Izzo said.

Regional Superintendent Robert Ingraffia was among those, including The Times, who were sent anonymous copies of the recording this week.

Ingraffia called the DVD recording "absolutely disgusting" and "reprehensible."

"There's not a lot that makes me speechless ... I'm really upset," Ingraffia said Friday.

Ingraffia will make sure no criminal charges are pending against the two educators before proceeding with plans to have a hearing officer preside over separate hearings with Coleman, Lofton and perhaps a third Sandridge staff member who appears in the recording.

The hearing officer would determine whether their teaching and administrator certificates should be suspended for up to one year. It would be up to Ingraffia to recommend whether the Illinois State Board of Education should revoke the educators' certificates.

Meanwhile, Sandridge Elementary District 172 issued a news release Friday morning, saying the resignations of Coleman and Lofton do not end the matter, and officials are continuing their investigation into the sex scandal.

District 172 Superintendent Diane Dyer-Dawson said she needs to talk to the substitute teacher/aide who allegedly appeared in the DVD recording.

The district is also checking to see whether any board members may have known about the sexual conduct allegations prior to the recordings surfacing, and how the video recording happened to be made on school property.

Sheriff's Department and South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force officers Thursday night were allowed access to areas of the school to look for the camera and other items that may be related to the investigation.

Investigators are still interviewing people who couldn't be reached on Thursday, said Cook County Sheriff's Police Department 1st Deputy Chief John Palcu.

Contrary to televised reports, the FBI was not part of the search at Sandridge Elementary School, he said.

"At this point (the camera) wasn't found last night," Palcu said. "I'm pretty sure it was removed. If it was a setup, they got what they wanted and then distributed the DVDs."

The man shown on the tape was Coleman, Palcu said, adding the investigation could be completed by Monday or Tuesday and forwarded to the Cook County state's attorney's office.

Lofton was expected to be interviewed today, Palcu said, and several staff members, including the superintendent and the school board president have been interviewed.

Palcu also confirmed the second woman in the recordings is a teacher at the school.

Hours before the resignations Thursday, video recordings of a man identified as a Coleman and a woman identified as Lofton emerged.

The DVD, sent this week to Sandridge parents, teachers, suburban education officials and The Times, led to a Cook County Sheriff's Department investigation.

Coleman spoke to The Times Thursday before his resignation as he left the school.

Sandridge Elementary School educates more than 400 students, who are currently on spring break.

"I'd rather, at this point, have no comment," he said, adding he knew nothing about the recordings.

Lofton could not be reached for comment Thursday.

District Superintendent Diane Dyer-Dawson and board President Cheryl Ward did not return calls Thursday. School Board Vice President Bettina Grivetti declined comment.

Also Thursday, more than 50 parents came to Alpine Village, a Lynwood mobile home park in the school district, for an impromptu meeting to discuss the recordings.

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