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Students at Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 suspended or expelled nine times in a single school year

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Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 reported nine suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 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 9 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 4,275 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with drugs.

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

Boy students received seven suspensions, while two girls were suspended.

There were nine high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were four. There was one incident of drug offense. 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.

Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses31
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason14
Total45
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days00
2-3 days20
3-4 days04
4-10 days21
More than 10 days00

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