According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 27 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,971 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for nine incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 10 incidents with drugs.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were 10. There were nine incidents of tobacco. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 20 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.
There were 27 high 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 | 0 | |
| Violence without injury | 0 | |
| Drug offenses | 10 | |
| Firearm | 0 | |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | |
| Tobacco | 9 | |
| Other reason | 8 | |
| Total | 27 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | |
| 1-2 days | 14 | |
| 2-3 days | 8 | |
| 3-4 days | 4 | |
| 4-10 days | 1 | |
| More than 10 days | 0 |
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