According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 28 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 2,306 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, four incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 11. There was one incident of violence without injury. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 26 suspensions, while two girls were suspended.
There were 28 elementary or middle 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 nine. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For six 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 | 0 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 3 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 1 |
| Other reason | 11 | 9 |
| Total | 13 | 15 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 3 |
| 1-2 days | 12 | 6 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 5 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 1 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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