According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 23 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 362 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, six incidents with alcohol and tobacco.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were eight. There were six incidents of tobacco. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 17 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.
There were seven elementary or middle school students, and 16 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 seven. There were two incidents of violence with injury. For three 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 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 6 | 0 |
| Other reason | 8 | 7 |
| Total | 14 | 9 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 5 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 8 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 3 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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