Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | solutiontree.com
Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | solutiontree.com
According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 354 students during the year. This equates to 26 percent of the 1,380 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 28 incidents with violence without physical injury, 16 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs, 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 275. There were 14 incidents of tobacco. For 205 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 279 suspensions, while 75 girls were suspended.
There were 169 elementary or middle school students, and 185 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 32. There were 19 incidents of violence without injury. For 21 incidents, students were suspended for one to two 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 | 0 |
Violence without injury | 9 | 19 |
Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
Firearm | 0 | 0 |
Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 1 |
Tobacco | 14 | 2 |
Other reason | 275 | 32 |
Total | 299 | 55 |
In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
---|---|---|
One day or less | 2 | 0 |
1-2 days | 205 | 21 |
2-3 days | 41 | 9 |
3-4 days | 38 | 17 |
4-10 days | 12 | 7 |
More than 10 days | 1 | 1 |