According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 17 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 210 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for five incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were five. There were two incidents of unspecified reasons. For six incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 14 suspensions, while three girls were suspended.
There were eight elementary or middle school students, and nine high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were four. There were four incidents of unspecified reasons. For four 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 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 5 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 4 |
| Other reason | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 8 | 9 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 6 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 2 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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