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District reports Polo Community Unit School District 222 suspended or expelled students 28 times in a single school year

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Polo Community Unit School District 222 reported 28 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 28 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 527 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 13. For nine incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 20 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.

There were 28 elementary or middle 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 10. There were five incidents of tobacco. For five 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.

Polo Community Unit School District 222 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco05
Other reason1310
Total1315
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days94
2-3 days45
3-4 days05
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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