According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 155 students during the year. That equates to 2.4 percent of the 6,352 students enrolled.
Of the 155 out-of-school suspensions, 119 were given to boys and 36 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drugs. The category includes 43 incidents. There were 42 incidents of violence without physical injury. For 62 incidents, students were suspended for 1-3 days.
Maine Township High School District 207 student discipline report
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
9
Violence with injury
19
Violence without injury
42
Drug offenses
43
Firearm
0
Other dangerous weapons
5
Tobacco
0
Other reason
37
Total
155
Length of suspensions
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
53
1-3 days
62
3-5 days
32
5-10 days
8
More than 10 days
0
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