McHenry Times

Alden Hebron School District 19 reported 60 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 60 students during the year. This equates to 15 percent of the 407 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for nine incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm,one incident 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 34. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For 21 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 53 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.

There were 19 elementary or middle school students, and 41 high 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 12. There were seven incidents of violence without injury. For eight incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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	7
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	2
Other dangerous weapons	0	1
Tobacco	2	0
Other reason	34	12
Total	38	22

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	16	0
1-2 days	21	3
2-3 days	1	8
3-4 days	0	8
4-10 days	0	3
More than 10 days	0	0