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Monday, November 25, 2024

District reports Marshall Community Unit School District 2C suspended or expelled students 30 times in a single school year

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Marshall Community Unit School District 2C reported 30 suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,216 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with violence that caused physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 14. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 26 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.

There were 13 elementary or middle school students, and 17 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were six. There was one incident of drug offense. For three 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.

Marshall Community Unit School District 2C student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury40
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses01
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco50
Other reason146
Total237
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days120
2-3 days13
3-4 days93
4-10 days11
More than 10 days00

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