Channahon Junior High School students suspended 11 times in 2023-24 school year

Channahon Junior High School reported 11 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 11 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 4.2 incidents per 100 of the school's enrolled students.

The school reported that all in-school suspensions were given for incidents involving tobacco, with two recorded cases. Additionally, eight cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were seven disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another four incidents involved female students.

All 11 suspensions issued in the Channahon Junior High School schools involved elementary or middle school students.

All of the students suspended during the 2023-24 school year in Channahon Junior High School were white, who made up 78.5% population.

Channahon Junior High School is located in the Channahon School District 17, and has a main office in Channahon.

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.