According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 105 students during the year. This equates to 10 percent of the 1,099 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with alcohol and tobacco, six incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 60. There were two incidents of drug offense. For 30 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 76 suspensions, while 29 girls were suspended.
There were 81 elementary or middle school students, and 24 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 38. There were four incidents of drug offense. For 22 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 2 | 4 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 1 |
| Other reason | 60 | 38 |
| Total | 62 | 43 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 29 | 2 |
| 1-2 days | 30 | 22 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 8 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 7 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 4 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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