According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 19 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 555 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, five incidents with violence without physical injury, five 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 violence without injury, of which there were five. There were five incidents of tobacco. For eight incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.
Boy students received 18 suspensions, while one girl was suspended.
There were 12 elementary or middle school students, and seven high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspension was given for drug offense, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for four to 10 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 5 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 5 | 0 |
| Other reason | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 1 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 7 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 8 | 0 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 2 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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