Metro East Sun

High Mount School District 116 reported 53 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 seven students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to two percent of the 345 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 28. For 19 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 36 suspensions, while 17 girls were suspended.

There were 53 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 22. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For 10 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	3
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	28	22
Total	28	25

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	5	1
1-2 days	19	10
2-3 days	4	3
3-4 days	0	9
4-10 days	0	2
More than 10 days	0	0