Lincoln-Way board votes to allow students involved in racist incident to withdraw instead of being expelled
The Lincoln-Way School District Board of Education voted unanimously to allow the students involved in the racial harassment incident during the football game at Homewood-Flossmoor on Sept. 4 to withdraw voluntarily from Lincoln-Way East rather than be expelled.“This investigation, which involved interviewing numerous students, reviewing multiple video recordings and angles, and speaking with their attorneys, took the administration only eight school days and ultimately resulted in the…
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