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Students at Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 suspended or expelled seven times in a single school year

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Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 reported seven 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 7 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,170 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were three. For three incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received seven suspensions.

There were seven elementary or middle 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 three. There was one incident of violence without injury. For three incidents, students were suspended for one to two 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.

Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury31
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason03
Total34
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less01
1-2 days33
2-3 days00
3-4 days00
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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