According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 70 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 1,714 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for six incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 27. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 21 incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.
Boy students received 51 suspensions, while 19 girls were suspended.
There were 25 elementary or middle school students, and 45 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 26. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For 18 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 4 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 5 | 2 |
| Other reason | 27 | 26 |
| Total | 33 | 37 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 2 | 8 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 6 |
| 3-4 days | 21 | 5 |
| 4-10 days | 5 | 18 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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