The district removed four students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 4,657 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 16 incidents with drugs.
Boy students received 27 suspensions, while 16 girls were suspended.
There were 44 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 28. There were 16 incidents of drug offense. For 27 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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 | 0 | |
| Drug offenses | 16 | |
| Firearm | 0 | |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | |
| Tobacco | 0 | |
| Other reason | 28 | |
| Total | 44 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | |
| 1-2 days | 2 | |
| 2-3 days | 10 | |
| 3-4 days | 4 | |
| 4-10 days | 27 | |
| More than 10 days | 0 |
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