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District reports Forest Ridge School District 142 suspended or expelled students six times in a single school year

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Forest Ridge School District 142 reported six suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 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 6 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,536 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for violence without injury, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received five suspensions, while one girl was suspended.

There were six elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were five. For three incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.

Illinois ranks as the 5th state in terms of the overall number of schools and student enrollment among all states.

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.

Forest Ridge School District 142 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury10
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason05
Total15
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days10
2-3 days03
3-4 days00
4-10 days02
More than 10 days00

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