According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 126 students during the year. That equates to 4.8 percent of the 2,620 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 11 incidents with violence without physical injury and two incidents with drugs.
Of the 113 out-of-school suspensions, 47 were given to boys and 66 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without physical injury. The category includes 99 incidents. There were 11 incidents of drugs. For 73 incidents, students were suspended for 5-10 days.
Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 student discipline report
Expelled
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
1
Violence with injury
0
2
Violence without injury
11
99
Drug offenses
2
11
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
0
Tobacco
0
0
Other reason
0
0
Total
13
113
Length of suspensions
Expelled
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
13
0
1-3 days
0
3
3-5 days
0
37
5-10 days
0
73
More than 10 days
0
0
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