According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 128 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 4,577 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 35 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, six incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 63. There were 18 incidents of violence without injury. For 45 incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.
Boy students received 103 suspensions, while 25 girls were suspended.
There were 115 elementary or middle school students, and 13 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 21. There were 17 incidents of violence without injury. For 18 incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 18 | 17 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 6 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 1 |
| Other reason | 63 | 21 |
| Total | 81 | 47 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 15 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 14 | 12 |
| 2-3 days | 7 | 18 |
| 3-4 days | 45 | 12 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 5 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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