According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 40 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 4,841 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, two incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 23. For 11 incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.
Boy students received 30 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.
There were 36 elementary or middle school students, and four 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 12. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For eight 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 | 0 | 2 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 23 | 12 |
| Total | 23 | 17 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 7 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 11 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 5 | 8 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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