A Chicago-based attorney hired by Lake Forest District 67 to review how a previous board reprimanded a middle school principal who pleaded guilty to phone harassment of a 22-year-old intern will present his finding at a school board meeting on Feb. 28.

Attorney Ronald S. Safer will discuss his written report and be available to answer questions at the school board meeting that begins at 7 p.m. at Lake Forest High School’s west campus, district officials said.

The report will be posted to the district’s website and a video of the meeting will be broadcast on Lake Forest TV, officials said.

Last month, the board unanimously approved the hiring of Safer  to “give every indication that this is aboveboard. We are trying to address all of the concerns of the community,” said John Julian, a District 67 board member.

Deer Path Middle School Principal John Steinert, 40, resigned last year after the Tribune revealed that he had pleaded guilty in 2009 to a misdemeanor harassment charge for using his work cellphone to send a lewd photograph and texts to a 22-year-old college intern he met through his job.

Since the details emerged, many parents have expressed anger at how the district handled the incident, and some parents have called for the resignations of Superintendent Harry Griffith and school board members.

Julian and three current members who were not on the board at the time of the principal’s reprimand will form the subcommittee.

This group will decide whether there was any wrongdoing by former board members, based on Safer’s report. It is also tasked with determining whether the board’s policies were followed and whether those policies need changing, Julian said.