According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 36 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 678 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for eight incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 18. There were four incidents of tobacco. For 21 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 28 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.
There were 15 elementary or middle school students, and 21 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 six. There were four incidents of tobacco. For five 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 3 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 4 | 4 |
| Other reason | 18 | 6 |
| Total | 23 | 13 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 3 |
| 1-2 days | 21 | 1 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 4 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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