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District reports Grayslake Community High School District 127 suspended or expelled students 11 times in a single school year

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Grayslake Community High School District 127 reported 11 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 11 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 2,648 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for unspecified reasons, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received eight suspensions, while three girls were suspended.

There were 11 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were four. There were four incidents of unspecified reasons. For four incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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.

Grayslake Community High School District 127 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol01
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury01
Drug offenses04
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason14
Total110
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days12
2-3 days01
3-4 days03
4-10 days04
More than 10 days00

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