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Aurora West Unified School District 129 students suspended, expelled 974 times in a single school year

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Aurora West Unified School District 129 reported one expulsions and 973 suspensions for 2016-17, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district transferred two students to another program instead of suspending or expelling them.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 974 students during the year. That equates to 7.8 percent of the 12,414 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with unspecified reasons.

Of the 973 out-of-school suspensions, 718 were given to boys and 255 were given to girls, including 658 elementary or middle schoolers and 310 high schoolers.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons. The category includes 888 incidents. There were 57 incidents of drugs. For 435 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Aurora West Unified School District 129 student discipline report
Expelled
Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol
0
6
Violence with injury
0
0
Violence without injury
0
0
Drug offenses
0
57
Firearm
0
0
Other dangerous weapons
0
12
Tobacco
0
10
Other reason
1
888
Total
1
973

Length of suspensions
Expelled
Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less
1
435
1-3 days
0
203
3-5 days
0
196
5-10 days
0
137
More than 10 days
0
2

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