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Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 students suspended 2,158 times in a single school year

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Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 reported 2,158 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 2,158 students during the year. That equates to 26.7 percent of the 8,070 students enrolled.

Of the 1,263 in-school suspensions, 1,009 were given to boys and 254 were given to girls, including 361 elementary or middle schoolers and 902 high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 1,246 incidents. There were seven incidents of tobacco. For 1,192 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 895 out-of-school suspensions, 701 were given to boys and 194 were given to girls, including 210 elementary or middle schoolers and 685 high schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 710 incidents. There were 115 incidents of drugs. For 706 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
1
10
Violence with injury
6
6
Violence without injury
0
10
Drug offenses
2
115
Firearm
1
10
Other dangerous weapons
0
4
Tobacco
7
30
Other reason
1,246
710
Total
1,263
895

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
1,192
706
1-3 days
66
54
3-5 days
5
56
5-10 days
0
78
More than 10 days
0
1

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