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Community High School District 218 students suspended 99 times in a single school year

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Community High School District 218 reported 99 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 99 students during the year. That equates to 1.9 percent of the 5,262 students enrolled.

Of the 33 in-school suspensions, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for drugs. The category includes 26 incidents. There were seven incidents of alcohol. For 27 incidents, students were suspended for 1-3 days.

Of the 66 out-of-school suspensions, 41 were given to boys and 25 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drugs. The category includes 49 incidents. There were 15 incidents of alcohol. For 24 incidents, students were suspended for 5-10 days.

Community High School District 218 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
7
15
Violence with injury
0
0
Violence without injury
0
0
Drug offenses
26
49
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
0
Tobacco
0
2
Other reason
0
0
Total
33
66

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
3
2
1-3 days
27
17
3-5 days
3
23
5-10 days
0
24
More than 10 days
0
0

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