According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 154 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 5,153 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 16 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 19 incidents with violence without physical injury, 12 incidents with drugs, three incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm,six incidents 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 97. There were 17 incidents of violence without injury. For 129 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 129 suspensions, while 25 girls were suspended.
There were 82 elementary or middle school students, and 72 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 seven. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For four incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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 | 15 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 17 | 2 |
| Drug offenses | 5 | 7 |
| Firearm | 3 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 4 | 2 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 97 | 1 |
| Total | 141 | 13 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 129 | 3 |
| 2-3 days | 10 | 2 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 4 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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