According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 146 students during the year. That equates to 3.1 percent of the 4,714 students enrolled.
Of the 146 out-of-school suspensions, 113 were given to boys and 33 were given to girls, including 83 elementary or middle schoolers and 63 high schoolers.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without physical injury. The category includes 53 incidents. There were 41 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 67 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.
Ball Chatham Community Unit School District 5 student discipline report
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
6
Violence with injury
15
Violence without injury
53
Drug offenses
28
Firearm
0
Other dangerous weapons
3
Tobacco
0
Other reason
41
Total
146
Length of suspensions
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
67
1-3 days
25
3-5 days
36
5-10 days
18
More than 10 days
0
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