According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 17 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,913 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence without physical injury, eight incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were six. There were two incidents of unspecified reasons. For four incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.
Boy students received 13 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.
There were five elementary or middle school students, and 12 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 alcohol. 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 | 1 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 5 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 6 | 1 |
| Other reason | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 9 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 1 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 4 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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