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Students suspended 41 times in 2023-24 school year in Lockport School District 91

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Kathleen Wilkey Superintendent at Lockport School District 91 | Lockport School District 91

Kathleen Wilkey Superintendent at Lockport School District 91 | Lockport School District 91

Lockport School District 91 reported 41 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 41 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 7.9 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.

Among in-school suspensions where a reason was specified, the most common cause was incidents involving violence without physical injury, with three recorded cases. Additionally, 20 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were 35 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another six incidents involved female students.

All 41 suspensions issued in the district involved elementary or middle school students.

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence without physical injury, with nine cases reported. Additionally, nine cases were classified under the "other reason" category.

In terms of ethnicity, white students, who made up 70.2% of the Lockport School District 91 student body, were suspended the most in the district, with 22 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by Black students, who made up 3.9% of the student body, and received 11 suspensions.

Illinois has approved a 2025 budget that allocates $8.6 billion to K-12 education, a $350 million increase from the previous fiscal year—the minimum required under the state funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.

Lockport School District 91 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol--
Violence with injury--
Violence without injury39
Drug offenses--
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons--
Tobacco--
Other reason209
Total2318
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less93
1-2 days148
2-3 days-6
3-4 days-1
4-10 days--
More than 10 days--

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