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Central Community High School District 71 students suspended 25 times in a single school year

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Central Community High School District 71 reported 25 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district transferred two students to another program instead of suspending or expelling them.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 25 students during the year. That equates to 4.3 percent of the 579 students enrolled.

Of the 25 in-school suspensions, 15 were given to boys and 10 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 16 incidents. There were five incidents of violence without physical injury. For 20 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Central Community High School District 71 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
Violence with injury
0
Violence without injury
5
Drug offenses
3
Firearm
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
Tobacco
1
Other reason
16
Total
25

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
One day or less
20
1-3 days
2
3-5 days
0
5-10 days
3
More than 10 days
0

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