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Genoa Kingston Community Unit School District 424 students suspended, expelled 20 times in a single school year

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Genoa Kingston Community Unit School District 424 reported one expulsions and 19 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 20 students during the year. That equates to 1.2 percent of the 1,726 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with unspecified reasons.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes eight incidents. There were six incidents of violence without physical injury. For nine incidents, students were suspended for 3-5 days.

Genoa Kingston Community Unit School District 424 student discipline report
Expelled
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
0
Violence with injury
0
3
Violence without injury
0
6
Drug offenses
0
1
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
0
Tobacco
0
1
Other reason
1
8
Total
1
19

Length of suspensions
Expelled
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
0
1
1-3 days
0
7
3-5 days
0
9
5-10 days
1
2
More than 10 days
0
0

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