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District reports Ridgewood Community High School District 234 suspended or expelled students 69 times in a single school year

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Ridgewood Community High School District 234 reported 69 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 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 69 students during the year. This equates to nine percent of the 784 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, four incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents with drugs, five incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 47. There were five incidents of drug offense. For 53 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 52 suspensions, while 17 girls were suspended.

There were 69 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were five. There were four incidents of dangerous weapon. For four incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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.

Ridgewood Community High School District 234 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury10
Violence without injury22
Drug offenses50
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons14
Tobacco20
Other reason475
Total5811
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days531
2-3 days54
3-4 days03
4-10 days03
More than 10 days00

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