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Students at Armstrong Township High School District 225 suspended or expelled five times in a single school year

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Armstrong Township High School District 225 reported five 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 5 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 137 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury.

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

Boy students received two suspensions, while three girls were suspended.

There were five 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 two. There was one incident of violence with injury. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two 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.

Armstrong Township High School District 225 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury01
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason22
Total23
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days21
2-3 days00
3-4 days01
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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