Kankakee Times

Pembroke Consolidated Community School District 259 reported 60 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 60 students during the year. This equates to 34 percent of the 175 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 24 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 20. There were 14 incidents of violence without injury. For 32 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 49 suspensions, while 11 girls were suspended.

There were 60 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 15. There were 10 incidents of violence without injury. For 10 incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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	14	10
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	20	15
Total	34	26

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	32	8
2-3 days	2	10
3-4 days	0	5
4-10 days	0	3
More than 10 days	0	0