Leigh Robinson, Principal at East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 | East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14
Leigh Robinson, Principal at East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 | East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14
In total, there were 308 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 61.6 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.
Among in-school suspensions where a reason was specified, the most common cause was incidents involving tobacco and violence that caused physical injury, with 12 recorded cases. There were also four incidents involving violence without physical injury. Additionally, 275 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.
There were 171 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another eight incidents involved female students.
All 308 suspensions issued in the district involved high school students.
Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence that caused physical injury, with 14 cases reported.
In terms of ethnicity, white students, who made up 79.2% of the East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 student body, were suspended the most in the district, with 187 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by Black students, who made up 10.2% of the student body, and received 84 suspensions.
Illinois has approved a 2025 budget that allocates $8.6 billion to K-12 education, a $350 million increase from the previous fiscal year—the minimum required under the state funding formula.
In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.
“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.
| Type of Incident | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | - | - |
| Violence with injury | 6 | 14 |
| Violence without injury | 4 | - |
| Drug offenses | 1 | - |
| Firearm | - | - |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 6 | - |
| Other reason | 275 | - |
| Total | 293 | 15 |
| Duration | In-School Suspension | Out-of-School Suspension |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | - | - |
| 1-2 days | 154 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 135 | 4 |
| 3-4 days | 3 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | - | 1 |
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