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Bloom Township High School District 206 students suspended 1,602 times in a single school year

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Bloom Township High School District 206 reported 1,602 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 1,602 students during the year. That equates to 52.2 percent of the 3,067 students enrolled.

Of the 1,047 in-school suspensions, 659 were given to boys and 388 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 1,046 incidents. There were one incidents of alcohol. For 763 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 555 out-of-school suspensions, 342 were given to boys and 213 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 548 incidents. There were six incidents of drugs. For 201 incidents, students were suspended for 3-5 days.

Bloom Township High School District 206 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
1
0
Violence with injury
0
0
Violence without injury
0
0
Drug offenses
0
6
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
1
Tobacco
0
0
Other reason
1,046
548
Total
1,047
555

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
763
181
1-3 days
271
141
3-5 days
13
201
5-10 days
0
32
More than 10 days
0
0

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