According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 14 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 1,266 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were four. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For three incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.
Boy students received 13 suspensions, while one girl was suspended.
There were seven elementary or middle school students, and seven high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were three. There were two incidents of drug offense. For five 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 | 3 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 2 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 3 |
| Other reason | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 7 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 3 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 2 | 0 |
| 2-3 days | 2 | 1 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 5 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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