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Carmi White County Community Unit School District 5 students suspended 188 times in a single school year

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Carmi White County Community Unit School District 5 reported 188 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 188 students during the year. That equates to 12.8 percent of the 1,466 students enrolled.

Of the 175 in-school suspensions, 142 were given to boys and 33 were given to girls, including 51 elementary or middle schoolers and 124 high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 137 incidents. There were 21 incidents of tobacco. For 122 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drugs. The category includes eight incidents. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. For nine incidents, students were suspended for 5-10 days.

Carmi White County Community Unit School District 5 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
0
Violence with injury
2
0
Violence without injury
13
2
Drug offenses
2
8
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
0
Tobacco
21
0
Other reason
137
3
Total
175
13

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
122
0
1-3 days
47
1
3-5 days
6
3
5-10 days
0
9
More than 10 days
0
0

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