According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 24 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 319 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for five incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. For seven incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 13 suspensions, while 11 girls were suspended.
There were seven elementary or middle school students, and 17 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were five. There were five incidents of tobacco. For six 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 5 |
| Other reason | 10 | 3 |
| Total | 10 | 14 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 7 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 2 | 6 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 6 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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