Lake County Gazette

Libertyville Community High School District 128 reported 79 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 four students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,296 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 20 incidents with violence without physical injury, 10 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 17 incidents with drugs, 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 23. There were 11 incidents of violence without injury. For 40 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 44 suspensions, while 35 girls were suspended.

There were 79 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 nine. There were eight incidents of unspecified reasons. For 10 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	11	9
Drug offenses	11	6
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	1
Tobacco	10	0
Other reason	23	8
Total	55	24

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	5
1-2 days	40	10
2-3 days	12	7
3-4 days	3	1
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	0