According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 25 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 945 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for six incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 11. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For nine incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 18 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.
There were 19 elementary or middle school students, and six high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were four. There were four incidents of tobacco. For six 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 | 2 | 4 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 4 |
| Other reason | 11 | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 12 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 9 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 3 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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