According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 64 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 6,182 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 10 incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 16 incidents with drugs, 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 16. There were six incidents of drug offense. For 22 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 60 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.
There were 64 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 10. There were 10 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 13 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 | 4 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 2 | 8 |
| Drug offenses | 6 | 10 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 2 |
| Tobacco | 3 | 0 |
| Other reason | 16 | 10 |
| Total | 28 | 36 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 22 | 13 |
| 2-3 days | 5 | 11 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 6 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 6 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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