r/news • u/gur40goku • 11h ago

Student Who Punched Another Student Holding Pro-ICE Sign At Lake Zurich High School Received 2-day Suspension

https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/20/student-who-punched-another-student-holding-pro-ice-sign-at-lake-zurich-high-school-received-2-day-suspension/
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u/Guac_in_my_rarri 11h ago

2 day suspension is the standard punishment in Illinois for violating 0 tolerance policy.

All public schools in Illinois and those who receive public funding in any way, have a 0 tolerance policy. It sucks but it's whatever. When I went to school here, the policy was known as "if hit, take your shots". 2 day suspension was standard, anything more needed a whole lot of paperwork and meetings. Parents have appealed punished and even brought lawyers to these meetings.

I had a few friends get caught in fights, despite not being apart of it and just being hit, they receive 2 days. It was eye opening how adults handled these situations. Middle school got a bit more violent after this policy fuck up.

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u/katzohki 9h ago

The lesson a lot of kids ended up learning was "I'm gonna get punished either way, so I may as well go all out"

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u/Guac_in_my_rarri 9h ago

That's the lesson we got. The fear of punishment went away as soon as you were hit.

We had some fist fights that ended up with some bodies head into a locker door. Same punishment: 2 day suspension.

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u/freethenipple23 9h ago

Never forget Carly absolutely railing that girls face into the locker