According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 54 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 1,463 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, four incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm,three incidents 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 28. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 25 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 48 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.
There were 19 elementary or middle school students, and 35 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 seven. There were three incidents of drug offense. For six incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 4 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 3 |
| Firearm | 0 | 1 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 3 |
| Tobacco | 5 | 2 |
| Other reason | 28 | 7 |
| Total | 38 | 16 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 7 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 25 | 5 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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