According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 96 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 1,827 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for six incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 10 incidents with drugs, two 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 71. There were seven incidents of drug offense. For 72 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 79 suspensions, while 17 girls were suspended.
There were 96 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 five. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For seven 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 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 4 |
| Drug offenses | 7 | 3 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 2 |
| Tobacco | 2 | 0 |
| Other reason | 71 | 5 |
| Total | 82 | 14 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 72 | 7 |
| 2-3 days | 5 | 0 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 5 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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