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Streator Township High School District 40 students suspended 1,217 times in a single school year

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Streator Township High School District 40 reported 1,217 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 1,217 students during the year. That equates to 129.1 percent of the 943 students enrolled.

Of the 1,115 in-school suspensions, 539 were given to boys and 576 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 1,102 incidents. There were seven incidents of violence that caused physical injury. For 1,099 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 102 out-of-school suspensions, 68 were given to boys and 34 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 56 incidents. There were 34 incidents of violence that caused physical injury. For 42 incidents, students were suspended for 3-5 days.

Streator Township High School District 40 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
1
1
Violence with injury
7
34
Violence without injury
0
2
Drug offenses
0
5
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
3
Tobacco
5
1
Other reason
1,102
56
Total
1,115
102

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
1,099
22
1-3 days
6
14
3-5 days
10
42
5-10 days
0
24
More than 10 days
0
0

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