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 16 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 618 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for six incidents with violence that caused physical injury, five incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for tobacco, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 13 suspensions, while three girls were suspended.
There were 10 elementary or middle school students, and six high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were six. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For four 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 6 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 0 |
| Other reason | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 15 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 1 | 3 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 4 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 4 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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