According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 18 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 2,570 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for seven incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, eight incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were five. There were four incidents of drug offense. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 11 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.
There were 18 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were four. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For four 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 | 5 | 2 |
| Drug offenses | 4 | 4 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 2 | 0 |
| Other reason | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 7 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 5 | 4 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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