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Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 students suspended 145 times in a single school year

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Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 reported 145 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 145 students during the year. That equates to 11.6 percent of the 1,252 students enrolled.

Of the 94 in-school suspensions, 74 were given to boys and 20 were given to girls, all of whom were elementary or middle schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 85 incidents. There were eight incidents of violence without physical injury. For 63 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Of the 51 out-of-school suspensions, 34 were given to boys and 17 were given to girls, all of whom were elementary or middle schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 30 incidents. There were 10 incidents of violence that caused physical injury. For 23 incidents, students were suspended for 1-3 days.

Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
0
Violence with injury
1
10
Violence without injury
8
9
Drug offenses
0
0
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
2
Tobacco
0
0
Other reason
85
30
Total
94
51

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
63
21
1-3 days
23
23
3-5 days
8
6
5-10 days
0
1
More than 10 days
0
0

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