According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 26 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 654 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, five incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs, two incidents 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 two. There was one incident of dangerous weapon. For three incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.
Boy students received 14 suspensions, while 12 girls were suspended.
There were six elementary or middle school students, and 20 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 eight. There were seven incidents of tobacco. For 11 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 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 7 |
| Other reason | 2 | 8 |
| Total | 3 | 23 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 0 | 5 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 11 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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