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District reports Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 suspended or expelled students four times in a single school year

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Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 reported four 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 4 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 2,280 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for unspecified reasons, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received three suspensions, while one girl was suspended.

There were four elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were two. There was one incident of alcohol. For two 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.

Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol01
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses02
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason10
Total13
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days11
2-3 days02
3-4 days00
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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