According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 45 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 1,167 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for five incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 14 incidents with violence without physical injury, 25 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were seven. There was one incident of violence with injury. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 28 suspensions, while 17 girls were suspended.
There were 29 elementary or middle school students, and 16 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were 22. There were seven incidents of violence without injury. For 18 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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 | 2 |
| Violence with injury | 1 | 4 |
| Violence without injury | 7 | 7 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 22 |
| Other reason | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 36 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 5 | 3 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 7 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 18 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 8 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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