According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 12 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 6,081 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, three 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 eight. There were three incidents of dangerous weapon. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 10 suspensions, while two girls were suspended.
There were 12 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
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 | |
| Violence with injury | 1 | |
| Violence without injury | 0 | |
| Drug offenses | 0 | |
| Firearm | 0 | |
| Other dangerous weapons | 3 | |
| Tobacco | 0 | |
| Other reason | 8 | |
| Total | 12 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | |
| 1-2 days | 8 | |
| 2-3 days | 3 | |
| 3-4 days | 0 | |
| 4-10 days | 0 | |
| More than 10 days | 0 |
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