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Students suspended or expelled 75 times in a single school year in Arbor Park School District 145

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Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | firststudentinc.com

Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | firststudentinc.com

Arbor Park School District 145 reported 75 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 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 75 students during the year. This equates to seven percent of the 1,087 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for eight incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 29 incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 29. There were 26 incidents of violence without injury. For 44 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 48 suspensions, while 27 girls were suspended.

There were 75 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were three. There were three incidents of dangerous weapon. For three incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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.

Arbor Park School District 145 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury71
Violence without injury263
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons13
Tobacco30
Other reason292
Total669
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less40
1-2 days442
2-3 days122
3-4 days11
4-10 days53
More than 10 days01

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