According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 70 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 855 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, four incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 46. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For 47 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 52 suspensions, while 18 girls were suspended.
There were 28 elementary or middle school students, and 42 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 10. There were four incidents of drug offense. For nine incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
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.
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | 0 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 1 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 2 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 4 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 4 |
| Other reason | 46 | 10 |
| Total | 50 | 20 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 47 | 9 |
| 2-3 days | 2 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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