According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 48 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 1,344 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 17. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For 10 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 38 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.
There were 22 elementary or middle school students, and 26 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 22. There was one incident of drug offense. For eight 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 3 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 1 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 3 | 1 |
| Other reason | 17 | 22 |
| Total | 23 | 25 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 7 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 10 | 8 |
| 2-3 days | 6 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 6 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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