South Cook News

Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5 reported 59 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed two students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,190 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 22 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for unspecified reasons, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 51 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.

There were 59 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 31. There were 22 incidents of violence without injury. For 32 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Illinois ranks as the 5th state in terms of the overall number of schools and student enrollment among all states.

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	3
Violence without injury	0	22
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	1
Other reason	1	31
Total	1	58

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	1	32
2-3 days	0	11
3-4 days	0	7
4-10 days	0	8
More than 10 days	0	0