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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Students suspended or expelled 42 times in a single school year in Robinson Community Unit School District 2

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Robinson Community Unit School District 2 reported 42 suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 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 42 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 1,558 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with violence without physical injury, 10 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 16. There were eight incidents of tobacco. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 29 suspensions, while 13 girls were suspended.

There were 29 elementary or middle school students, and 13 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 eight. There were two incidents of violence without injury. 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.

Robinson Community Unit School District 2 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol20
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury22
Drug offenses31
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco80
Other reason168
Total3111
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less32
1-2 days121
2-3 days94
3-4 days32
4-10 days42
More than 10 days00

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