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District reports High Mount School District 116 suspended or expelled students 10 times in a single school year

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High Mount School District 116 reported 10 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 10 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 339 students enrolled.

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

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were four. For three incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.

Boy students received 10 suspensions.

There were 10 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 four. There were two incidents of violence without injury. 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.

High Mount School District 116 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury02
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason44
Total46
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days01
2-3 days11
3-4 days32
4-10 days02
More than 10 days00

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