Metro East Sun

Millstadt Consolidated Community School District 160 reported 35 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 one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 720 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 27. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For 15 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 24 suspensions, while 11 girls were suspended.

There were 35 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 five. For three incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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	2	0
Drug offenses	1	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	27	5
Total	30	5

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	15	0
2-3 days	6	1
3-4 days	4	3
4-10 days	5	1
More than 10 days	0	0