West Cook News

Lindop School District 92 reported 84 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 381 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three 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 41. For 36 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 58 suspensions, while 26 girls were suspended.

There were 84 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 40. There were three incidents of dangerous weapon. For 21 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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	0
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	3
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	41	40
Total	41	43

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	36	6
2-3 days	3	7
3-4 days	0	9
4-10 days	2	21
More than 10 days	0	0