According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 37 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 910 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for unspecified reasons, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 20 suspensions, while 17 girls were suspended.
There were 18 elementary or middle school students, and 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 23. There were five incidents of drug offense. For 11 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 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 5 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 4 |
| Other reason | 1 | 23 |
| Total | 1 | 36 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 1 | 11 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 11 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 6 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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