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District reports Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 suspended or expelled students 13 times in a single school year

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Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 reported 13 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 13 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 646 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were seven. For four incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

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

There were two elementary or middle school students, and 11 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 three. There were two incidents of violence without injury. 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.

Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury02
Drug offenses01
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason73
Total76
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less31
1-2 days40
2-3 days03
3-4 days02
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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