Unsafe

There are 341,000 students in the Chicago Public Schools, divided among 638 schools—476 elementary schools and 162 high schools. According to the recent report by the Chicago Public Schools Office of Inspector General (OIG), there were 446 sexual misconduct allegations reported to the OIG during the calendar year 2023.

It seems like a lot. But it isn’t, especially when you consider that the OIG reported 67% of those cases involved “non-sexual policy and guideline violations.” (I’m not sure why they are reporting them among the sexual misconduct violations.)