According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 199 students during the year. That equates to 7.9 percent of the 2,514 students enrolled.
Of the 199 out-of-school suspensions, 165 were given to boys and 34 were given to girls, including 131 elementary or middle schoolers and 68 high schoolers.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 105 incidents. There were 79 incidents of violence without physical injury. For 89 incidents, students were suspended for 3-5 days.
Herrin Community Unit School District 4 student discipline report
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
Violence with injury
4
Violence without injury
79
Drug offenses
9
Firearm
0
Other dangerous weapons
1
Tobacco
1
Other reason
105
Total
199
Length of suspensions
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
28
1-3 days
49
3-5 days
89
5-10 days
33
More than 10 days
0
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