According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 42 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 2,078 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, 16 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, six incidents with drugs, two incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were 14. There were 14 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 16 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 29 suspensions, while 13 girls were suspended.
There were 17 elementary or middle school students, and 25 high 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 three. There were two incidents of tobacco. 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 3 | 3 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 14 | 2 |
| Other reason | 14 | 2 |
| Total | 33 | 9 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 3 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 16 | 5 |
| 2-3 days | 11 | 2 |
| 3-4 days | 3 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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