There have been 624 sex assault complaints at Chicago Public schools this semester
The District deputy general counsel says this has become the "new reality"
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago Public Schools agency has received almost 500 allegations of student-on-student sexual violence since early September.
The school district created the Office of Student Protections and Title IX this summer following a Chicago Tribune investigation documenting broad lapses in the response to sexual abuse by the third-largest district in the U.S.
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District deputy general counsel Douglas Henning told the City Council’s education committee Wednesday that the glut of abuse reports reflects a “new reality” and that it’s not OK to ignore sexual abuse allegations.
Most of the 624 misconduct cases reported from Sept. 4 to Monday involved allegations of student-on-student assault. Henning says 133 cases related to alleged misconduct by adults, with roughly half of those involving people who do not work for the roughly 361,000-student school district.
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After months of pressure, the Education Committee is holding a hearing on the @ChiPubSchools sexual abuse scandal THIS WEDNESDAY at 12pm in City Council Chambers. We encourage concerned Chicagoans to attend.https://t.co/qawqhlWWjH
— Progressive Caucus (@ProgressiveChi) November 26, 2018
