According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 26 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 1,692 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, eight incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 12. There was one incident of violence without injury. For nine incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.
Boy students received 19 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.
There were 19 elementary or middle school students, and seven high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were seven. There were four incidents of unspecified reasons. 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 7 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 0 |
| Other reason | 12 | 4 |
| Total | 14 | 12 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 4 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 0 |
| 3-4 days | 9 | 11 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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