According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 24 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 468 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for eight incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs, one incident 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 eight. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 14 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.
There were 18 elementary or middle school students, and six high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were five. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. For four incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 3 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 3 | 0 |
| Other reason | 8 | 3 |
| Total | 14 | 10 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 8 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 4 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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