Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 138 students during the year. This equates to 15 percent of the 906 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for seven incidents with violence without physical injury, 13 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 99. There were 12 incidents of tobacco. For 72 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 101 suspensions, while 37 girls were suspended.
There were 56 elementary or middle school students, and 82 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 15. There were six incidents of violence without injury. For nine 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 | 1 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 6 |
| Drug offenses | 2 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 1 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 12 | 0 |
| Other reason | 99 | 15 |
| Total | 114 | 24 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 5 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 72 | 9 |
| 2-3 days | 24 | 3 |
| 3-4 days | 12 | 5 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 5 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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