Lake County Gazette

Winthrop Harbor School District 1 reported 48 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 48 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 565 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, eight incidents with violence without physical injury, 16 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, two 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 six. There was one incident of violence without injury. For five incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 42 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.

There were 48 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were 15. There were 13 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 32 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	3
Violence without injury	1	7
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	2
Tobacco	1	15
Other reason	6	13
Total	8	40

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	5	1
1-2 days	3	32
2-3 days	0	4
3-4 days	0	2
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	0