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Board upholds expulsion for student 2526‑0002, cites alternative education placement
Summary
The Decatur Public Schools Board authorized the expulsion of student number 2526‑0002 for the remainder of the 2025–26 school year, assigning the student to alternative education with return to the home school at the start of the 2026–27 school year; the motion passed 7–0.
The Decatur Public Schools District 61 Board of Education authorized the expulsion of student number 2526‑0002 on Nov. 11, voting 7–0 after the board’s report and a hearing-officer recommendation.
Administration recommended “the issuance of a decision in the expulsion case for student number 2526‑0002 consistent with the findings from the hearing officer’s report and that student number 2526‑0002 be expelled from the Decatur Public School District.” The recommendation included placement in alternative education for the remainder of the 2025–26 school year and a stated return to the student’s home school at the start of the 2026–27 school year.
The motion was moved and seconded and carried by roll call 7–0. The board record lists the student by number only; no identifying personal details were read into the public record.
What happens next: the district will implement the hearing-officer’s recommended placement in alternative education for the remainder of the school year and will follow the district’s reentry procedures for return to the home school at the start of the 2026–27 school year as specified in the board’s motion.
