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Students at Fairfield Community High School District 225 suspended or expelled 32 times in a single school year

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Oficial Website

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Oficial Website

Fairfield Community High School District 225 reported 32 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 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 32 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 423 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, nine incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 12. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 13 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 29 suspensions, while three girls were suspended.

There were 32 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were six. There were two incidents of unspecified reasons. For three 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.

Fairfield Community High School District 225 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury11
Violence without injury36
Drug offenses01
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco50
Other reason122
Total2111
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days133
2-3 days83
3-4 days03
4-10 days02
More than 10 days00

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