According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 61 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 3,149 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 17 incidents with violence without physical injury, 21 incidents 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 six. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 39 suspensions, while 22 girls were suspended.
There were 61 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were 21. There were 13 incidents of violence without injury. For 16 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 4 | 13 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 5 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 21 |
| Other reason | 6 | 10 |
| Total | 12 | 49 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 8 | 14 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 15 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 16 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 4 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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