Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 58 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 918 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 38. There were four incidents of tobacco. For 20 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 47 suspensions, while 11 girls were suspended.
There were 37 elementary or middle school students, and 21 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 13. There was one incident of violence with injury. For four incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Illinois lawmakers enacted laws in 2015 to restrict schools from disciplining a disproportionate number of Black and minority students out of school and into the criminal justice system, often for minor misbehavior.
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | 0 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 4 | 0 |
| Other reason | 38 | 13 |
| Total | 43 | 15 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 19 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 20 | 4 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 3 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 4 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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