Public-School Sexual-Abuse: Problem Can’t Be Ignored

The Chicago Public Schools’ Office of the Inspector General released its annual report on misconduct and complaints in the school system. “Of the 1,825 total complaints,” the report reads, “the OIG opened investigations into a total of 725 cases” ranging from financial mismanagement to fraud.

Notably, the Sexual Allegations Unit received 470 complaints of sexual misconduct and opened investigations into 447 of those complaints. This unit began operations only in 2018, when it was “immediately flooded with complaints,” and much of the report details how the unit is still struggling to manage a continued “high volume.”

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Daniel Buck is a research fellow and the director of the Conservative Education Reform Network at the American Enterprise Institute.

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The Chicago Public Schools’ Office of the Inspector General released its annual report on misconduct and complaints in the school system. “Of the 1,825 total complaints,” the report reads, “the OIG opened investigations into a total of 725 cases” ranging from financial mismanagement to fraud.

Notably, the Sexual Allegations Unit received 470 complaints of sexual misconduct and opened investigations into 447 of those complaints. This unit began operations only in 2018, when it was “immediately flooded with complaints,” and much of the report details how the unit is still struggling to manage a continued “high volume.”