According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 17 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 395 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for five incidents with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were four. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. For four incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 10 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.
There were seven elementary or middle school students, and 10 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were four. There were two incidents of drug offense. 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 1 | 4 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 4 | 0 |
| Other reason | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 9 | 8 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 4 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 2 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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