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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Students suspended or expelled 11 times in a single school year in Westmont Community Unit School District 201

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Westmont Community Unit School District 201 reported 11 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 11 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,259 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for violence without injury, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received six suspensions, while five girls were suspended.

There were 11 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 eight. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For nine 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.

Westmont Community Unit School District 201 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury12
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason08
Total110
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days19
2-3 days00
3-4 days00
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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