According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 24 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 666 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury, eight incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were eight. There were eight incidents of unspecified reasons. For 17 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 22 suspensions, while two girls were suspended.
There were 24 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 four. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For four 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 2 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 8 | 0 |
| Other reason | 8 | 4 |
| Total | 17 | 7 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 17 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 2 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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