According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 85 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 2,334 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 14 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents 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 15. For eight incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.
Boy students received 56 suspensions, while 29 girls were suspended.
There were 67 elementary or middle school students, and 18 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 47. There were 14 incidents of tobacco. For 42 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 | 3 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 5 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 14 |
| Other reason | 15 | 47 |
| Total | 15 | 70 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 7 | 8 |
| 2-3 days | 8 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 42 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 14 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 1 |
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