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Students at Odin Public School District 722 suspended or expelled 11 times in a single school year

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

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Odin Public School District 722 reported 11 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 11 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 237 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were two. There was one incident of dangerous weapon. For three incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.

Boy students received six suspensions, while five girls were suspended.

There were one elementary or middle school student, and 10 high 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 four. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. For four incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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.

Odin Public School District 722 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury04
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons10
Tobacco21
Other reason03
Total38
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days02
2-3 days30
3-4 days04
4-10 days02
More than 10 days00

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