Lake County Gazette

Fox Lake Grade School District 114 reported 102 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 102 students during the year. This equates to 15 percent of the 671 students enrolled.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 66. For 36 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 87 suspensions, while 15 girls were suspended.

There were 102 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 36. For 15 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	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	66	36
Total	66	36

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	36	4
1-2 days	29	15
2-3 days	1	10
3-4 days	0	5
4-10 days	0	2
More than 10 days	0	0