According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 45 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 916 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for six incidents with violence that caused physical injury, nine incidents with violence without physical injury, two 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 13. For seven incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 40 suspensions, while five girls were suspended.
There were 45 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 14. There were nine 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 6 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 9 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 2 |
| Other reason | 13 | 14 |
| Total | 13 | 32 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 4 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 7 | 16 |
| 2-3 days | 2 | 10 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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