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North Mac Community Unit School District 34 students suspended 100 times in a single school year

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North Mac Community Unit School District 34 reported 100 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 100 students during the year. That equates to 7.1 percent of the 1,413 students enrolled.

Of the 82 in-school suspensions, 65 were given to boys and 17 were given to girls, including 13 elementary or middle schoolers and 69 high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 75 incidents. There were six incidents of violence without physical injury. For 76 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without physical injury. The category includes seven incidents. There were seven incidents of drugs. For seven incidents, students were suspended for 3-5 days.

North Mac Community Unit School District 34 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
0
Violence with injury
1
1
Violence without injury
6
7
Drug offenses
0
7
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
1
Tobacco
0
0
Other reason
75
2
Total
82
18

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
76
5
1-3 days
5
4
3-5 days
1
7
5-10 days
0
2
More than 10 days
0
0

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