According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 113 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 7,470 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for five incidents with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, six incidents with drugs, three incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm,two 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 50. There were three incidents of firearm. For 32 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 87 suspensions, while 26 girls were suspended.
There were 92 elementary or middle school students, and 21 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 44. There were four incidents of violence with injury. For 16 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 | 0 |
| Violence with injury | 1 | 4 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 2 | 4 |
| Firearm | 3 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 2 |
| Tobacco | 1 | 1 |
| Other reason | 50 | 44 |
| Total | 58 | 55 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 20 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 32 | 16 |
| 2-3 days | 4 | 13 |
| 3-4 days | 1 | 9 |
| 4-10 days | 1 | 15 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 1 |
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