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According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 26 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 935 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 13 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, six incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco.
Boy students received 16 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.
There were 26 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were 13. There were six incidents of violence without injury. For 15 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 | 1 | |
| Violence with injury | 13 | |
| Violence without injury | 6 | |
| Drug offenses | 0 | |
| Firearm | 0 | |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | |
| Tobacco | 1 | |
| Other reason | 5 | |
| Total | 26 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 3 | |
| 1-2 days | 15 | |
| 2-3 days | 5 | |
| 3-4 days | 0 | |
| 4-10 days | 3 | |
| More than 10 days | 0 |
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