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According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 53 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 634 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for five incidents with violence that caused physical injury, two incidents with violence without physical injury, eight incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 32. There were eight incidents of tobacco. For 24 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 41 suspensions, while 12 girls were suspended.
There were 25 elementary or middle school students, and 28 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were five. There was one incident of unspecified reasons. For five 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 5 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 8 | 0 |
| Other reason | 32 | 1 |
| Total | 47 | 6 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 14 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 24 | 1 |
| 2-3 days | 9 | 0 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 5 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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