According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 19 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 2,479 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for four incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs, one incident 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 five. There was one incident of tobacco. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 13 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.
There were 19 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 six. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For seven 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 4 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 0 |
| Other reason | 5 | 6 |
| Total | 6 | 13 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 5 | 7 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 0 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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