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Saturday, April 19, 2025

Students at Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 suspended or expelled 28 times in a single school year

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Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 reported 28 suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 924 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for six incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents 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 six. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For six incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 22 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.

There were 25 elementary or middle school students, and three 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 eight. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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.

Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury33
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons03
Tobacco05
Other reason68
Total919
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days62
2-3 days14
3-4 days112
4-10 days11
More than 10 days00

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