West Cook News

Oak Park Elementary School District 97 reported 217 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 217 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 5,532 students enrolled.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 133. For 119 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 175 suspensions, while 39 girls were suspended.

There were 217 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 84. For 68 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	0
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	133	84
Total	133	84

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	119	68
2-3 days	9	10
3-4 days	5	6
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0