According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 41 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 1,397 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for six incidents with violence that caused physical injury, eight incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs, 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 eight. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 32 suspensions, while nine girls were suspended.
There were three elementary or middle school students, and 38 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 12. There were four incidents of violence with injury. For nine 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 | 2 | 4 |
Violence without injury | 4 | 4 |
Drug offenses | 0 | 1 |
Firearm | 0 | 0 |
Other dangerous weapons | 1 | 1 |
Tobacco | 4 | 0 |
Other reason | 8 | 12 |
Total | 19 | 22 |
In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
---|---|---|
One day or less | 0 | 1 |
1-2 days | 8 | 9 |
2-3 days | 8 | 4 |
3-4 days | 3 | 1 |
4-10 days | 0 | 7 |
More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |