JORDAN v. O'FALLON TP. HIGH SCHOOL DIST.

No. 5-98-0595.

706 N.E.2d 137 (1999)

Kevin JORDAN, a minor by his step-father and next friend, George EDWARDS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. O'FALLON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 203 BOARD OF EDUCATION, Dennis Grimmer, and Mark Greenberg, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

February 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Scoggins, Crowder & Scoggins, Ltd., Columbia, for Appellant.

Dennis R. Triggs, Jennifer Klein VandeWiele, Miller, Hall & Triggs, Peoria, for Appellees.


Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case examines how O'Fallon Township High School (O'Fallon) officials withheld a student's participation in interscholastic athletics as punishment for his violation of the school's zero-tolerance conduct code. Before they are allowed to participate in any extracurricular activity, all O'Fallon students must agree in writing to abide by the code's ban on alcohol and drug use. Students who violate the code's ban...

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