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Grant Community High School District 124 students suspended 683 times in a single school year

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Grant Community High School District 124 reported 683 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 683 students during the year. That equates to 36.4 percent of the 1,874 students enrolled.

Of the 571 in-school suspensions, 405 were given to boys and 166 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 559 incidents. There were eight incidents of tobacco. For 566 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 112 out-of-school suspensions, 74 were given to boys and 38 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 96 incidents. There were nine incidents of drugs. For 53 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Grant Community High School District 124 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
4
Violence with injury
0
0
Violence without injury
1
1
Drug offenses
1
9
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
2
2
Tobacco
8
0
Other reason
559
96
Total
571
112

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
566
53
1-3 days
3
28
3-5 days
2
28
5-10 days
0
3
More than 10 days
0
0

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