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Barrington Community Unit School District 220 Report: Suspensions in Barrington Community Unit School District 220 totaled 329 in 2023-24 school year

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Barry Altshuler Vice President | Barrington Community Unit School District 220

Barry Altshuler Vice President | Barrington Community Unit School District 220

Barrington Community Unit School District 220 reported 329 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 329 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 4.1 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 violence without physical injury, with 23 recorded cases. There were also 15 incidents involving drugs. Additionally, 177 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were 268 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another 16 incidents involved female students.

Of all suspensions issued in the district, 187 involved elementary or middle school students, while 142 involved high school students.

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence without physical injury, with 25 cases reported. Additionally, 57 cases were classified under the "other reason" category.

In terms of ethnicity, Hispanic students, who made up 18% of the Barrington Community Unit School District 220 student body, were suspended the most in the district, with 132 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by white students, who made up 58.5% of the student body, and received 130 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.

Barrington Community Unit School District 220 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol11
Violence with injury--
Violence without injury2325
Drug offenses1515
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons23
Tobacco82
Other reason17757
Total226103
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less425
1-2 days16364
2-3 days2014
3-4 days15
4-10 days-10
More than 10 days-5

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