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Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145 reports 18 incidents of students being suspended in 2023-24 school year

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Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145 reported 18 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 18 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 8.7 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.

Among in-school suspensions all cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

Only male students were subject to disciplinary actions, a rate of approximately 17.5 incidents per 100 male students.

All 18 suspensions issued in the district involved elementary or middle school students.

All of the students suspended during the 2023-24 school year in Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145 were white, who made up 79.2% of the district’s student population.

Illinois has approved a 2025 budget that allocates $8.6 billion to K-12 education, a $350 million increase from the previous fiscal year—the minimum required under the state funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.

Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol--
Violence with injury--
Violence without injury--
Drug offenses--
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons--
Tobacco--
Other reason315
Total315
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less32
1-2 days-7
2-3 days-1
3-4 days-1
4-10 days-4
More than 10 days--

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