According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 93 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 7,128 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 20 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, four incidents with violence without physical injury, 29 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs, five incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were 24. There were 20 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 30 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 59 suspensions, while 34 girls were suspended.
There were 60 elementary or middle school students, and 33 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 13. There were 12 incidents of violence with injury. For 16 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 8 | 12 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 2 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 4 |
| Tobacco | 24 | 5 |
| Other reason | 20 | 13 |
| Total | 55 | 38 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 14 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 30 | 16 |
| 2-3 days | 8 | 10 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 6 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 5 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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