Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com
Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com
According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 35 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 706 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for five incidents with violence without physical injury, six incidents with alcohol and tobacco.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were five. There was one incident of violence without injury. For four incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 31 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.
There were 30 elementary or middle school students, and five 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 19. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 14 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 | 4 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 5 |
| Other reason | 5 | 19 |
| Total | 6 | 29 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 4 | 14 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 7 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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