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Board approves expulsions and placements at Lincoln School following hearing officer reports
Summary
Board voted on multiple expulsion recommendations after reviewing hearing officer reports; several students were expelled with placements at Lincoln School and varying recommended durations.
The Joliet Township High School Board of Education voted on multiple expulsion recommendations after receiving hearing-officer reports and deliberating the required factors, including whether interventions were exhausted and whether continued presence would threaten safety.
Board members recorded motions and roll-call votes on several cases. The minutes list these recommended actions as recorded in the hearing report: case C242519, recommended expulsion through June 2026 with placement at Lincoln School; case C242520, recommended expulsion through June 2026 with placement at Lincoln School; case C242521, recommended expulsion through June 2027 with placement at Lincoln School; and case W242522, recommended expulsion through June 2027 with placement at Lincoln School. Each recommendation was brought to the board for a formal public vote after executive-session deliberation; the board approved the recommendations by roll call.
Board materials provided the standard disciplinary framework for the decisions: determining whether removal serves the school's best interests, specifying the duration rationale, confirming that appropriate interventions were considered, and deciding whether the student's continued presence posed safety or substantial disruption concerns. The board did not read identifying student details in open session and acted on the hearing officer's recommendations as listed on the agenda.
