According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 51 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 853 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for seven incidents with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, one incident 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 31. There were four incidents of tobacco. For 22 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 43 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.
There were 51 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were six. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. For six incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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 | 1 |
| Violence with injury | 1 | 6 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 1 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 4 | 0 |
| Other reason | 31 | 3 |
| Total | 39 | 12 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 13 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 22 | 4 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 0 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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