According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 36 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 1,001 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 10 incidents with violence without physical injury, six incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident 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 seven. There were four incidents of tobacco. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 25 suspensions, while 11 girls were suspended.
There were 30 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 unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. There were seven incidents of violence without injury. For nine 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 3 | 7 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 4 | 2 |
| Other reason | 7 | 10 |
| Total | 15 | 21 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 8 | 9 |
| 2-3 days | 6 | 4 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 5 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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