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Parents and students urge Plainfield SD 202 to explain freshman rezoning appeals, allege inconsistent approvals
Summary
Multiple parents and Plainfield North freshmen told the board that a December boundary change will move fewer than 30 students and that the appeals process was applied inconsistently; they asked the board to clarify criteria and reconsider approvals.
PLAINFIELD, Ill. — Parents and students addressed the Plainfield SD 202 Board of Education on boundary appeals for freshmen following a December rezoning, saying the district applied approval criteria inconsistently and asking the board for clearer, fairer rules.
"These adolescents are adolescents, not numbers," Erin Maso, speaking on behalf of affected freshmen, told the board. Maso said about 38 families appealed and that approvals appeared to favor students with siblings or other district connections, leaving "fewer than 30" students who will be forced to change high schools.
Current Plainfield North freshman Liana Brunsing described the personal…
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