According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 40 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 887 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with violence without physical injury, 12 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 nine. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 33 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.
There were eight elementary or middle school students, and 32 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 eight. There were seven incidents of tobacco. For 11 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 5 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 5 | 7 |
| Other reason | 9 | 8 |
| Total | 18 | 22 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 12 | 11 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 7 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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