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Friday, April 26, 2024

Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 students suspended 260 times in a single school year

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Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 reported 260 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 260 students during the year. That equates to 4.6 percent of the 5,702 students enrolled.

Of the 233 in-school suspensions, 168 were given to boys and 65 were given to girls, all of whom were elementary or middle schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 149 incidents. There were 78 incidents of violence that caused physical injury. For 199 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 27 out-of-school suspensions, 15 were given to boys and 12 were given to girls, all of whom were elementary or middle schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 12 incidents. There were 10 incidents of violence that caused physical injury. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for 1-3 days.

Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
0
Violence with injury
78
10
Violence without injury
0
0
Drug offenses
0
2
Firearm
0
1
Other dangerous weapons
0
0
Tobacco
6
2
Other reason
149
12
Total
233
27

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
199
7
1-3 days
28
12
3-5 days
6
7
5-10 days
0
1
More than 10 days
0
0

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