According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 22 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 1,155 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, two incidents with violence without physical injury, 11 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, six incidents with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were 11. For 10 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 17 suspensions, while five girls were suspended.
There were 22 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 six. There were two incidents of violence with injury. For nine 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 2 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 6 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 11 | 0 |
| Other reason | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 11 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 10 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 0 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 2 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 9 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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