According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 52 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 1,388 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, 14 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with drugs, three incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were seven. For six incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 34 suspensions, while 18 girls were suspended.
There were 52 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 22. There were 14 incidents of tobacco. For 21 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 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 4 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 3 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 14 |
| Other reason | 7 | 22 |
| Total | 7 | 45 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 6 | 7 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 21 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 6 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 11 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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