According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 98 students during the year. This equates to nine percent of the 1,106 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 81. For 74 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 74 suspensions, while 24 girls were suspended.
There were nine elementary or middle school students, and 89 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 13. There were two incidents of drug offense. For 10 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 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 1 |
| Other reason | 81 | 13 |
| Total | 81 | 17 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 74 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 6 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 10 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 1 | 0 |
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