According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 35 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 8,776 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for four incidents with violence without physical injury, two 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 19. There were two incidents of drug offense. For 13 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 21 suspensions, while 14 girls were suspended.
There were 16 elementary or middle school students, and 19 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 three incidents of violence without injury. For four 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 2 | 3 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 1 |
| Other reason | 19 | 5 |
| Total | 23 | 12 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 6 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 13 | 3 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 3 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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