According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 23 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 355 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with violence without physical injury.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were eight. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For seven incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 13 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.
There were 16 elementary or middle school students, and seven 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 11. There was one incident of violence with injury. For six 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 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 8 | 11 |
| Total | 10 | 13 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 7 | 3 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 4 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 6 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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