Lake County Gazette

Fremont School District 79 reported 82 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 82 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 2,093 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 13 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 32 incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 25. There were 25 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 35 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 62 suspensions, while 20 girls were suspended.

There were 82 elementary or middle 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 seven. There were seven incidents of unspecified reasons. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

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	10	3
Violence without injury	25	7
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	3	0
Tobacco	2	0
Other reason	25	7
Total	65	17

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	35	12
1-2 days	27	3
2-3 days	3	2
3-4 days	0	0
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0