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CPS offices report record complaints and slower investigations; board seeks deeper analysis
Summary
The Office of Student Protections told the board it received roughly 12,000 reports in school year 2025 and opened about 4,100 investigations; the Office of Inspector General reported dozens of substantiated staff misconduct cases and urged faster fact-gathering. Board members pressed for root‑cause analysis and more timely outcomes.
The Office of Student Protections told the Chicago Board of Education on Dec. 3 that it received roughly 12,000 reports in school year 2025 and opened about 4,100 investigations, an increase from the previous year.
"For school year '25, we received approximately 12,000 reports," Elizabeth Mendoza Brown, chief Title IX officer in the Office of Student Protections, said as she reviewed case types, training completion rates and prevention efforts. She said OSP opened about 2,064 student‑to‑student misconduct investigations and 1,117 bias‑based harm investigations, and that dating‑violence cases rose about 70% compared with the prior year.
Phil Wagenekt, the district…
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