According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 38 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 905 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 29. There were three incidents of tobacco. For 30 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 35 suspensions, while three girls were suspended.
There were 10 elementary or middle school students, and 28 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 four. There was one incident of drug offense. For two incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.
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 | 1 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 3 | 0 |
| Other reason | 29 | 4 |
| Total | 33 | 5 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 30 | 1 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 1 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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