District reports Winfield School District 34 suspended or expelled students three times in a single school year
Winfield School District 34 reported three 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 3 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 324 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were two. For one incident, student was suspended for a day or less.
Boy students received three suspensions.
There were three elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspension was given for violence without injury, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for four to 10 days.
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 | 2 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 1 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 0 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 0 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |