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In total, there were six disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 1.5 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.
The school reported that the only in-school suspension was classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.
Only male students were subject to disciplinary actions, a rate of approximately 2.9 incidents per 100 male students.
All six suspensions issued in the Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary School schools involved elementary or middle school students.
Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence without physical injury, with five cases reported.
In terms of ethnicity, Black students, which made up 33.2% of the Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary School student body, were suspended the most in the school, with four suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by Hispanic students, who made up 38.8% of the student body, and received two suspensions.
Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary School is located in the Valley View Community Unit School District 365U, and has a main office in Romeoville.
Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school 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.
| Type of Incident | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | - | - |
| Violence with injury | - | - |
| Violence without injury | - | 5 |
| Drug offenses | - | - |
| Firearm | - | - |
| Other dangerous weapons | - | - |
| Tobacco | - | - |
| Other reason | 1 | - |
| Total | 1 | 5 |
| Duration | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | - | 2 |
| 2-3 days | - | 1 |
| 3-4 days | - | - |
| 4-10 days | - | - |
| More than 10 days | - | - |
