According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 50 students during the year. This equates to seven percent of the 670 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for eight incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 16 incidents with violence without physical injury, eight incidents with alcohol and tobacco.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 13. There were 11 incidents of violence without injury. For 28 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 42 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.
There were 26 elementary or middle school students, and 24 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were five. There were five incidents of unspecified reasons. For five 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 | 5 | 3 |
| Violence without injury | 11 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 5 | 3 |
| Other reason | 13 | 5 |
| Total | 34 | 16 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 28 | 5 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 2 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 5 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 4 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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