According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 22 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 502 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for six incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with drugs, three incidents 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 two. There was one incident of violence without injury. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 19 suspensions, while three girls were suspended.
There were nine elementary or middle school students, and 13 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 eight. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For eight 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 | 1 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 2 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 2 | 8 |
| Total | 5 | 17 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 5 | 8 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 1 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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