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District reports Pontiac Township High School District 90 suspended or expelled students six times in a single school year

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Pontiac Township High School District 90 reported six 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 6 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 677 students enrolled.

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

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

Boy students received five suspensions, while one girl was suspended.

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

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

Pontiac Township High School District 90 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses01
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco20
Other reason12
Total33
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days12
2-3 days20
3-4 days00
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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