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According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 71 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 2,788 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 16 incidents with violence without physical injury, six incidents with alcohol and tobacco, six incidents with drugs, two 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 five. For three incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 50 suspensions, while 21 girls were suspended.
There were 44 elementary or middle school students, and 27 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 33. There were 16 incidents of violence without injury. For 33 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Violence without injury | 0 | 16 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 6 |
| Firearm | 0 | 2 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 2 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 6 |
| Other reason | 5 | 33 |
| Total | 5 | 66 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 2 | 1 |
| 1-2 days | 3 | 33 |
| 2-3 days | 0 | 3 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 14 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 15 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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