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West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 Report: Suspensions in West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 totaled 5 in 2023-24 school year

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West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 reported five suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were six disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, of which five were suspensions representing a rate of approximately 1 incident per 100 of the district’s enrolled students. There was an additional case of a student being removed to alternative settings rather than being suspended or expelled.

Among in-school suspension where a reason was specified, the only case was given for incident involving tobacco. Additionally, three cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were three disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another two incidents involved female students.

Of all suspensions issued in the district, three involved elementary or middle school students, while two involved high school students.

The only out-of-school suspension was for incident involving a dangerous weapon other than a firearm.

All of the students suspended during the 2023-24 school year in West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 were white, who made up 95.9% of the district’s student population.

Illinois has approved a 2025 budget that allocates $8.6 billion to K-12 education, a $350 million increase from the previous fiscal year—the minimum required under the state funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.

West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol--
Violence with injury--
Violence without injury--
Drug offenses--
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons-1
Tobacco1-
Other reason3-
Total41
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less--
1-2 days4-
2-3 days--
3-4 days--
4-10 days-1
More than 10 days--

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