WASHINGTON v. SMITH

No. 1-93-0121.

618 N.E.2d 561 (1993)

248 Ill. App.3d 534

187 Ill.Dec. 970

Taprecia WASHINGTON, a minor by her parent and next friend, Denise Patton, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carol SMITH, in her official capacity as President of the Board of Education, School District No. 215; Steven Toth, in his official capacity as Vice President of the Board of Education, School District No. 215; Mary Lou Coneen, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Board of Education, School District No. 215; Ralph Spargo, Beatrice Taylor and Debbie Waitekus, in their official capacity as members of the Board of Education, School District No. 215, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Ellch, John M. Izzo and Kelly A. Hayden, Chicago Heights, for defendants-appellants.

Eugene C. Edwards, Mischelle Causey-Drake, Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, of Harvey, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Taprecia Washington (Taprecia), a minor by her parent and next friend, Denise Patton, brought a common law certiorari proceeding for injunctive and declarative relief from an order of the Board of Education, School District No. 215 (Board). The Board's order expelled her for one semester from Thornton Fractional North High School (Thornton), for possessing an ice pick while on school property. Carol...

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