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Posted March 3rd, 2008 by minortopics | Permalink

Expelled high school student sues school

A freshman expelled from Bolingbrook High School in suburban Chicago is suing the school, claiming that they falsely made gang affiliation accusations against him, and that the expulsion was racially motivated:

Roger Coronado Jr., 15, of Bolingbrook filed a complaint Saturday in U. S. District Court, listing Valley View Public School District 365U and an unidentified Bolingbrook police officer among the defendants.

Coronado said he was eating his lunch in the cafeteria Feb. 4 when a group of Mexican-American youths sat alongside him at a mostly empty table.

Shortly after, the Hispanic youths sitting beside him got into a verbal argument with a group of black students. Coronado said he stood up to move out of the way, thinking there would be a physical fight between the two groups.

The boy said he heard nothing more about the incident until Feb. 7, when he was sitting in his first-period class. That’s when he was told to report to a small police office inside the school. A Bolingbrook police officer told Coronado that he would have to pay a $50 fine.

“I said, ‘For what?’ He said, ‘Don’t act stupid.’ He said I flashed gang signs,” Coronado said.

The school refuses to provide details because Coronado is a minor, but do say that the case was handled fairly.


Information from: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local...


2 Responses to “Expelled high school student sues school”

1. sean crowley

April 3, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

My girl was expelled over facebook griping to her friends about another girl they don’t like. The girls sister creeped the comments gave them to mommy who is a past PTO president, She brought them to school and eventually my kid was expelled. They tried this last year too but it didn’t work so they waited and did it again. Good catholics.
Justice4claire.blogspot.com

2. sean crowley

April 3, 2008 @ 10:19 pm

My kid was expelled over facebook comments to her friends about another kid. The other kids parents are big donors or their grandpa is anyway. They were presidents of the PTO last year and tried then to get her expelled. This year they had better luck. Good catholics at mass every sunday 10:45. The rest is at Justice4claire.blogspot.com

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