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Students at Rockridge Community Unit School District 300 suspended or expelled 26 times in a single school year

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Rockridge Community Unit School District 300 reported 26 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 26 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 1,010 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for five incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were seven. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 11 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 24 suspensions, while two girls were suspended.

There were 17 elementary or middle school students, and nine 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 14. For five incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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.

Rockridge Community Unit School District 300 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco50
Other reason714
Total1214
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days110
2-3 days04
3-4 days15
4-10 days05
More than 10 days00

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