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Plainfield SD 202 board approves alternative placements for two middle-school students
Summary
The board accepted administration recommendations to alternatively place two students for the remainder of 2025–26 and all of 2026–27; one placement includes exclusion from eighth-grade activities and the promotion ceremony.
The Plainfield SD 202 Board of Education voted on Nov. 5 to accept administrative recommendations to alternatively place two students after hearings held in open session.
For Student A, the board voted to accept the administration’s recommendation for alternative placement for the remainder of the 2025–26 school year and all of the 2026–27 school year. The motion, made by Board member Elliot and seconded by Board member Nora, included exclusion from all eighth-grade activities, including the eighth-grade promotion ceremony. A roll-call vote recorded affirmative votes from board members in attendance; the chair announced the motion passes.
For Student B, the board similarly accepted the administration’s recommendation for alternative placement for the remainder of 2025–26 and all of 2026–27 after a motion by Elliot and a second by Nora; the motion passed by roll call.
The motions reflect the administration’s recommended disciplinary placements. The board did not elaborate additional public details about the underlying incidents during the open session beyond the formal motions and voting results.
