According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 35 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 451 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for seven incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 19. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For 22 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 29 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.
There were 35 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 five. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For six incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.
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 | 3 | 4 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 5 |
| Other reason | 19 | 4 |
| Total | 22 | 13 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 6 |
| 1-2 days | 22 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 4 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 1 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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