According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 50 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 793 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for eight incidents with violence without physical injury, 11 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs, 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 14. There were 11 incidents of tobacco. For 24 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 34 suspensions, while 16 girls were suspended.
There were 21 elementary or middle school students, and 29 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 15. There were eight incidents of violence without injury. For 10 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 8 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 11 | 0 |
| Other reason | 14 | 15 |
| Total | 25 | 25 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 24 | 10 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 6 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 6 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
Alerts Sign-up