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Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 16 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 312 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury, two 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 four. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For six incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 10 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.
There were nine elementary or middle school students, and seven 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 six. There were two incidents of alcohol. For five incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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 | 2 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 3 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 4 | 6 |
| Total | 7 | 9 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 6 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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