According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 32 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 587 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 13 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. For nine incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 25 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.
There were 19 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 violence with injury, of which there were 13. There were five incidents of unspecified reasons. For 14 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 | 13 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 1 |
| Other reason | 10 | 5 |
| Total | 10 | 22 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 9 | 14 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 6 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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