According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 31 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 659 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence without physical injury, five incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 18. There was one incident of violence without injury. For eight incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.
Boy students received 24 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.
There were 31 elementary or middle 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 five incidents of drug offense. For eight incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 5 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 18 | 7 |
| Total | 19 | 12 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 8 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 6 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 4 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 8 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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