According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 19 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 1,101 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for five incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco.
Boy students received 15 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.
There were 16 elementary or middle school students, and three 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 five incidents of violence without injury. For 11 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 | |
| Violence with injury | 0 | |
| Violence without injury | 5 | |
| Drug offenses | 0 | |
| Firearm | 0 | |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | |
| Tobacco | 1 | |
| Other reason | 13 | |
| Total | 19 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | |
| 1-2 days | 1 | |
| 2-3 days | 6 | |
| 3-4 days | 11 | |
| 4-10 days | 1 | |
| More than 10 days | 0 |
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