According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 28 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,266 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 10 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 10. There were 10 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 17 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 24 suspensions, while four 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 two. There was one incident of drug offense. For three 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 | 0 |
Violence without injury | 10 | 0 |
Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
Firearm | 0 | 0 |
Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
Tobacco | 4 | 1 |
Other reason | 10 | 2 |
Total | 24 | 4 |
In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
---|---|---|
One day or less | 3 | 0 |
1-2 days | 17 | 3 |
2-3 days | 4 | 1 |
3-4 days | 0 | 0 |
4-10 days | 0 | 0 |
More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |