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Students at Fisher Community Unit School District 1 suspended or expelled 19 times in a single school year

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Fisher Community Unit School District 1 reported 19 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 19 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 577 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. There were seven incidents of tobacco. For eight incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.

Boy students received 16 suspensions, while three girls were suspended.

There were nine elementary or middle school students, and 10 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

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

Fisher Community Unit School District 1 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury11
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco70
Other reason100
Total181
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less30
1-2 days60
2-3 days80
3-4 days01
4-10 days10
More than 10 days00

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