McHenry Times

Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 reported 64 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 64 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 2,350 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, three 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 34. There was one incident of dangerous weapon. For 32 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 56 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.

There were 64 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 21. There were three incidents of drug offense. For 11 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	0
Drug offenses	0	3
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	1	2
Tobacco	0	3
Other reason	34	21
Total	35	29

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	1	0
1-2 days	32	11
2-3 days	1	3
3-4 days	0	7
4-10 days	0	7
More than 10 days	1	1