According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 93 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 3,880 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 17 incidents with violence without physical injury, nine incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three 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 63. There were 16 incidents of violence without injury. For 39 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 70 suspensions, while 23 girls were suspended.
There were 44 elementary or middle school students, and 49 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspension was given for violence without injury, of which there was one. There was one incident of drug offense. For one incident, student was suspended for two to three 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 | 16 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 2 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 9 | 0 |
| Other reason | 63 | 0 |
| Total | 91 | 2 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 39 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 26 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 19 | 1 |
| 4-10 days | 5 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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