According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 35 students during the year. This equates to seven percent of the 504 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for nine incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 16 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 violence without injury, of which there were seven. There were four incidents of unspecified reasons. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 31 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.
There were 27 elementary or middle school students, and eight 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 nine. There were eight incidents of violence with injury. For eight 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 | 1 | 8 |
| Violence without injury | 7 | 9 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 3 | 2 |
| Other reason | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 20 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 3 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 8 | 2 |
| 2-3 days | 2 | 8 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 4 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 4 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 2 |
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