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Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 11 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,796 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were two. There were two incidents of unspecified reasons. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received three suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.
There were 11 elementary or middle 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 four. There was one incident of violence with injury. For two incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.
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 | 2 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 5 | 6 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 5 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 1 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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