According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 55 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 1,639 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for nine incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 15 incidents with violence without physical injury, 10 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. There were eight incidents of violence without injury. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 31 suspensions, while 24 girls were suspended.
There were 46 elementary or middle school students, and nine 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 nine. There were eight incidents of violence with injury. For 12 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 | 8 |
| Violence without injury | 8 | 7 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 5 | 5 |
| Other reason | 10 | 9 |
| Total | 24 | 31 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 3 |
| 1-2 days | 14 | 12 |
| 2-3 days | 9 | 8 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 5 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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