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Riverside-Brookfield Township High School District 208 students suspended 70 times in a single school year

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Riverside-Brookfield Township High School District 208 reported 70 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 70 students during the year. That equates to 4.3 percent of the 1,620 students enrolled.

Of the 16 in-school suspensions, all of whom were high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes eight incidents. There were four incidents of drugs. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 54 out-of-school suspensions, 44 were given to boys and 10 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 26 incidents. There were 14 incidents of drugs. For 35 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Riverside-Brookfield Township High School District 208 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
0
Violence with injury
1
7
Violence without injury
3
7
Drug offenses
4
14
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
0
Tobacco
0
0
Other reason
8
26
Total
16
54

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
14
35
1-3 days
2
12
3-5 days
0
6
5-10 days
0
1
More than 10 days
0
0

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