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Glenbard Township High School District 87 students suspended 1,486 times in a single school year

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Glenbard Township High School District 87 reported 1,486 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 1,486 students during the year. That equates to 18.6 percent of the 7,989 students enrolled.

Of the 1,370 in-school suspensions, 866 were given to boys and 504 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 1,353 incidents. There were six incidents of drugs. For 1,190 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 116 out-of-school suspensions, 81 were given to boys and 35 were given to girls, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 68 incidents. There were 24 incidents of drugs. For 32 incidents, students were suspended for 5-10 days.

Glenbard Township High School District 87 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
1
0
Violence with injury
1
3
Violence without injury
3
12
Drug offenses
6
24
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
2
9
Tobacco
4
0
Other reason
1,353
68
Total
1,370
116

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
1,190
25
1-3 days
160
28
3-5 days
18
31
5-10 days
2
32
More than 10 days
0
0

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