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Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 students suspended 187 times in a single school year

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Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 reported 187 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 187 students during the year. That equates to 6.9 percent of the 2,701 students enrolled.

Of the 182 in-school suspensions, 123 were given to boys and 59 were given to girls, including 10 elementary or middle schoolers and 172 high schoolers.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 169 incidents. There were 11 incidents of drugs. For 142 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes five incidents. For four incidents, students were suspended for 1-3 days.

Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 student discipline report
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
0
Violence with injury
0
0
Violence without injury
0
0
Drug offenses
11
0
Firearm
2
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
0
Tobacco
0
0
Other reason
169
5
Total
182
5

Length of suspensions
In-school Suspension
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
142
1
1-3 days
15
4
3-5 days
23
0
5-10 days
2
0
More than 10 days
0
0

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