McHenry Times

Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12 reported 82 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 82 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 1,662 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 29 incidents with violence without physical injury, 29 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 12 incidents with drugs, three incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 24. There were 21 incidents of tobacco. For 39 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 51 suspensions, while 31 girls were suspended.

There were 42 elementary or middle school students, and 40 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were five. There were five incidents of drug offense. For six 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	3	3
Violence with injury	0	0
Violence without injury	24	5
Drug offenses	7	5
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	2	1
Tobacco	21	2
Other reason	8	1
Total	65	17

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	8	0
1-2 days	39	5
2-3 days	10	2
3-4 days	6	6
4-10 days	2	4
More than 10 days	0	0