Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 47 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 1,473 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, six incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents 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 15. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 32 suspensions, while 15 girls were suspended.
There were 47 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 21. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 3 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 15 | 21 |
| Total | 20 | 27 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 4 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 8 | 6 |
| 2-3 days | 7 | 3 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 14 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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