According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 37 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 2,482 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, 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 27. For 25 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.
Boy students received 29 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.
There were 10 elementary or middle school students, and 27 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 five. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two 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 | 1 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 27 | 5 |
| Total | 27 | 10 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 25 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 2 | 5 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 1 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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