According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 19 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 1,654 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for four incidents with violence that caused physical injury, five incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were three. There were two incidents of violence with injury. For five incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.
Boy students received 17 suspensions, while two girls were suspended.
There were 19 elementary or middle 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 seven. There were two incidents of violence with injury. For five incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 3 | 2 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 7 | 12 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 5 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 2 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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