According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 71 students during the year. This equates to 10 percent of the 697 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, eight 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 unspecified reasons, of which there were 21. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 27 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 53 suspensions, while 18 girls were suspended.
There were 38 elementary or middle school students, and 33 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 30. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For 16 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 | 1 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 3 |
| Violence without injury | 3 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 5 | 2 |
| Other reason | 21 | 30 |
| Total | 29 | 42 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | 7 |
| 1-2 days | 27 | 16 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 8 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 5 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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