According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 22 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 2,082 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for six incidents with violence without physical injury, five 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 suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were five. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 10 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 12 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.
There were 16 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 drug offense, of which there were five. There was one incident of violence without injury. For three 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 | 5 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 5 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 5 | 0 |
| Other reason | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 6 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 10 | 1 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 3 | 1 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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