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Students suspended or expelled five times in a single school year in Greenfield Community Unit School District 10

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Greenfield Community Unit School District 10 reported five 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 5 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 415 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs.

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

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

There were five high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were two. For two incidents, students were 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.

Greenfield Community Unit School District 10 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses02
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco10
Other reason20
Total32
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less10
1-2 days20
2-3 days00
3-4 days02
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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