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Joliet Township High School District 204 students suspended 1,851 times in a single school year

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Joliet Township High School District 204 reported 1,851 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 1,851 students during the year. That equates to 28.6 percent of the 6,462 students enrolled.

Of the 957 in-school suspensions, 588 were given to boys and 369 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 954 incidents. There were two incidents of tobacco. For 939 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 894 out-of-school suspensions, 605 were given to boys and 289 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 824 incidents. There were 58 incidents of drugs. For 315 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Joliet Township High School District 204 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
0
Violence with injury
0
0
Violence without injury
0
0
Drug offenses
1
58
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
12
Tobacco
2
0
Other reason
954
824
Total
957
894

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
939
315
1-3 days
15
278
3-5 days
3
236
5-10 days
0
65
More than 10 days
0
0

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