Camlin v. Beecher Community School District

JUSTICE SCHMIDT,

specially concurring:

I concur in the judgment of the court reversing the judgment of the circuit court of Will County. In doing so, I agree with the majority’s conclusion that the school board was bound to comply with its own drug/alcohol abuse policy. There is nothing ambiguous about that policy, which provides that a first-time offender, even one accused of selling or distributing drugs, has the option of electing a treatment program in lieu of suspension. Parents were required to read and agree to the policy. I agree with the majority that while the school board was under…