According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 81 students during the year. This equates to 11 percent of the 749 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, seven incidents with violence without physical injury, 11 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident 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 38. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For 31 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 52 suspensions, while 29 girls were suspended.
There were 28 elementary or middle school students, and 53 high 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 22. There were nine incidents of tobacco. For 17 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 | 2 |
| Violence with injury | 1 | 0 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 5 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 1 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 9 |
| Other reason | 38 | 22 |
| Total | 41 | 40 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 6 | 3 |
| 1-2 days | 31 | 17 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 14 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 3 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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