According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 29 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 625 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, one incident 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 17. There was one incident of violence with injury. For 15 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 22 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.
There were 17 elementary or middle school students, and 12 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 eight. There was one incident of violence without injury. For seven 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 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 0 |
| Other reason | 17 | 8 |
| Total | 19 | 10 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 15 | 7 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 0 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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