Five south suburban students were removed from the fan section of a high school football game on Friday for racial harassment toward students from the rival school, administrators said.
The five students from Lincoln-Way East High School, a public school in Frankfort, Illinois, were removed at the end of the third quarter of the varsity football game against Homewood-Flossmoor High School after they “made a very bad choice to engage in disrespectful and racist harassment towards HF students seated in the bleachers,” according to a letter sent to the Homewood-Flossmoor High School community and shared on social media from the school’s superintendent and principal.
Dr. Jennifer Norrell, Homewood-Flossmoor superintendent, and Dr. Clinton Alexander, Homewood-Flossmoor principal, began the letter by saying “it is with great disappointment and sadness that we communicate today.”
They said the school’s leadership is working with local authorities and the Board of Education to “consider all options to protect against this in the future, including legal options” and that they will continue to communicate with the student body next week about what occurred and “offer guidance on how to navigate our feelings from this type of offense.”
“We as an HF Community are an example for how to live and thrive as a community of diverse individuals. We want to remain the model and also a model for how we respond to those who attempt to disrespect and ultimately distract us from our goals. It is imperative that we communicate with our students how not to respond in ways that may jeopardize their future or safety. Instead, we must respond with continued excellence and forge ahead into an even greater future,” the letter stated. “We will not allow this ignorance to distract us from our commitment to excellence and our long history of inclusion and racial respect in our community at-large. We also will not tolerate this type of racism and disrespect towards members of our HF Community.”
A spokesperson for Lincoln-Way East released a statement apologizing for the incident and clarified that none of the students involved are members of the school’s football team.
“We would like to sincerely apologize to the HF community for the behavior displayed by these students. This behavior does not reflect the expectations and standards we have for Lincoln-Way students,” the statement said in part. “The district is taking this matter seriously. We have identified the students involved and will follow through with the district’s discipline policies and procedures to the fullest extent.”
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