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According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 30 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 2,121 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for 25 incidents with violence that caused physical injury.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were five. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 14 suspensions, while 16 girls were suspended.
There were 30 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were 20. There were two incidents of unspecified reasons. For 11 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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 | 5 | 20 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 0 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 0 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 22 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 5 | 3 |
| 2-3 days | 1 | 4 |
| 3-4 days | 2 | 11 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 4 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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