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District reports Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 suspended or expelled students six times in a single school year

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Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 reported six 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 6 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 4,325 students enrolled.

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

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

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

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

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were four. For two 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.

Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury24
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason00
Total24
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days10
2-3 days00
3-4 days12
4-10 days02
More than 10 days00

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