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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Students suspended or expelled five times in a single school year in Marengo Community High School District 154

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Marengo Community High School District 154 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 less than one percent of the 657 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

Boy students received five suspensions.

There were five high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were two. There was one incident of violence with injury. For two incidents, students were 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.

Marengo Community High School District 154 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury1
Violence without injury1
Drug offenses1
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco2
Other reason0
Total5
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days2
2-3 days0
3-4 days2
4-10 days1
More than 10 days0

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