According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 52 students during the year. This equates to nine percent of the 592 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with violence without physical injury, 15 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, 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 22. There were eight incidents of tobacco. For 26 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 44 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.
There were 21 elementary or middle school students, and 31 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 seven. There were seven incidents of unspecified reasons. 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 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 3 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 8 | 7 |
| Other reason | 22 | 7 |
| Total | 32 | 20 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 26 | 8 |
| 2-3 days | 6 | 4 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 8 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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