According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 110 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 3,864 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury, 21 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 27 incidents with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 52. There were 20 incidents of tobacco. For 56 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 83 suspensions, while 27 girls were suspended.
There were 110 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 12. There were six incidents of unspecified reasons. For eight incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Drug offenses | 15 | 12 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 20 | 1 |
| Other reason | 52 | 6 |
| Total | 90 | 20 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 56 | 7 |
| 2-3 days | 20 | 2 |
| 3-4 days | 6 | 8 |
| 4-10 days | 5 | 2 |
| More than 10 days | 3 | 1 |
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