According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 83 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 2,233 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three 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 44. For 24 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 51 suspensions, while 32 girls were suspended.
There were 69 elementary or middle school students, and 14 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 31. There were five incidents of drug offense. For 19 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 5 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 3 |
| Other reason | 44 | 31 |
| Total | 44 | 39 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 8 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 24 | 6 |
| 2-3 days | 8 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 3 | 19 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 9 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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