McHenry Times

Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 reported 373 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 6,973 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 115 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 35 incidents with violence without physical injury, 23 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, six incidents 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 123. There were 68 incidents of violence with injury. For 132 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 308 suspensions, while 65 girls were suspended.

There were 373 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 71. There were 47 incidents of violence with injury. For 83 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	1
Violence with injury	68	47
Violence without injury	21	14
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	2	4
Tobacco	6	16
Other reason	123	71
Total	220	153

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	73	15
1-2 days	132	83
2-3 days	15	31
3-4 days	0	10
4-10 days	0	14
More than 10 days	0	0