Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 121 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 4,556 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 32 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 27 incidents with violence without physical injury, five 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 18. There were eight incidents of violence without injury. For 24 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 75 suspensions, while 40 girls were suspended.
There were 121 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 39. There were 29 incidents of violence with injury. For 31 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 | 3 | 29 |
| Violence without injury | 8 | 19 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 2 | 3 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 18 | 39 |
| Total | 31 | 90 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 3 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 24 | 24 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 16 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 17 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 31 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 1 |
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