According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 19 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 577 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. There were seven incidents of tobacco. For eight incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.
Boy students received 16 suspensions, while three girls were suspended.
There were nine elementary or middle school students, and 10 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. For one incident, student was suspended for three to four 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 | 1 |
Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
Firearm | 0 | 0 |
Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
Tobacco | 7 | 0 |
Other reason | 10 | 0 |
Total | 18 | 1 |
In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
---|---|---|
One day or less | 3 | 0 |
1-2 days | 6 | 0 |
2-3 days | 8 | 0 |
3-4 days | 0 | 1 |
4-10 days | 1 | 0 |
More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |