Report a Concern

If you have information regarding a racial incident, bullying, sexual harassment, or other safety concerns and would like to report this information anonymously, please complete the Incident Reporting Form below to the best of your knowledge and submit.

For guidance using the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) fact sheet , please click here.

• Racism* - The prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior. 
• Discrimination* – The unequal treatment of an individual or group based on a protected characteristic, such as race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or religion, including forms of antisemitism, homophobia, Islamophobia, and other forms of bias or prejudice.
• Harassment* - Any unwelcome conduct on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived protected class (i.e., race, gender, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge from military service, citizenship status, or work authorization status) that has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with the individual's school/work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive learning/working environment.
• Bullying* - Bullying means any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including communications made in writing or electronically, directed toward a student or students that has or can be reasonably predicted to have the effect of one or more of the following:
  • Placing the student or students in reasonable fear of harm to the student’s or students’ person or property;
  • Causing a substantially detrimental effect on the student’s or students’ physical or mental health;
  • Substantially interfering with the student’s or students’ academic performance; or
  • Substantially interfering with the student’s or students’ ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by a school.
• Cyberbullying* - Cyberbullying means bullying through the use of technology or any electronic communication, including without limitation any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic system, photo-electronic system, or photo-optical system, including without limitation electronic mail, Internet communications, instant messages, or facsimile communications.
• Sexual Harassment** - Any person, including a District employee or agent, or student, engages in Title IX Sexual Harassment whenever that person engages in conduct on the basis of an individual’s sex that satisfies one or more of the following:
  • A District employee conditions the provision of an aid, benefit, or service on an individual’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct; or
  • Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the District’s educational program or activity; or
  • Sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking.
  • Examples of sexual harassment include, but are not limited to: 
    • Touching
    • Crude jokes or pictures 
    • Discussions of sexual experiences 
    • Teasing related to sexual characteristics
    • Spreading rumors related to a person’s alleged sexual activities
    • Rape 
    • Sexual battery 
    • Sexual abuse 
    • Sexual coercion

*PLEASE NOTE:  Anonymous reports CANNOT be investigated. Please provide contact information and an OPRFHS staff member will contact you.

**PLEASE NOTE: Given the sensitive and serious nature of sexual harassment allegations, anonymous reports CANNOT be investigated. Please provide contact information and an OPRFHS staff member will contact you.

^{Students, please be aware that filing a false incident report could lead to consequences according to OPRFHS's Behavior Education Plan.}

Outside School Hours

Submission of these reports is monitored by OPRFHS during school hours. If you are submitting a report after school hours and you believe someone is a threat to themselves or there is any imminent danger or other extreme concern, please call 911 or your local police department at one of the numbers below:

• Oak Park: (708) 386-3800
• River Forest: (708) 366-7125
   

24/7 Anonymous Hotlines for OPRFHS Students

• To report safety or crime-related concerns, such as bullying, racial misconduct, drugs, online threats, fights, weapons, theft, etc., text  274637. Use the key word OPRF, followed by a detailed text message. Our third party vendor will relay your anonymous message to OPRF staff.
• To talk to someone about you or  a friend's feelings of sadness, confusion, anger, despair, etc., text  844-670-5838. Use the key word CARE to be connected to a Support4U community mental health professional for support.
• National Suicide Prevention Hotline: Call 1-800-273-8255.
• National Crisis Text Line: Text key word HELLO to 741741.