According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 132 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 2,810 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 18 incidents with violence without physical injury, 31 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 18 incidents with drugs, five incidents 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 55. There were 17 incidents of tobacco. For 45 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 91 suspensions, while 41 girls were suspended.
There were 43 elementary or middle school students, and 89 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 13. There were seven incidents of violence without injury. For 20 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 | 1 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 11 | 7 |
| Drug offenses | 11 | 7 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 2 | 3 |
| Tobacco | 17 | 13 |
| Other reason | 55 | 3 |
| Total | 96 | 36 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 13 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 45 | 20 |
| 2-3 days | 32 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 4 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 2 | 9 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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