According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 24 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 1,161 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were nine. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 11 suspensions, while 13 girls were suspended.
There were 10 elementary or middle school students, and 14 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 11. There were two incidents of violence with injury. For seven incidents, students were 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 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 9 | 11 |
| Total | 9 | 15 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 8 | 1 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 7 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 5 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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