Commissioners review Mayfair Park makeover. See page 3. SPORTS
Bengals bow out in sectional semifinals
SCHOOLS
D202 students earn top prizes in story contest
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D202 Board fires teacher accused of having sex with student
Will ask the state to revoke Brian D. Smith’s teaching certificate
Plainfield celebrates Irish Day Parade “What a fun day for families”, said Robin Lovett along with husband and two boys. The boys had fun collecting candy, leis and green beaded necklaces from Irish Day Parade marchers in Plainfield Sunday, March 15. Hayden especially liked a wooden board dropped into his candy bag by one of the marchers. SEE THE FULL STORY ON PAGE 23
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(From top, going down) The Stock Yard Kilty Band marches and plays in the Plainfield St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Cousins Alexa Ahern, 6, and Nathan Dew, 9, from Plainfield lean out to watch the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Students from Keigher Irish Dance preform at the Plainfield St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Operation Welcome You Home honors Marine Gunnery Sgt. Louis Grassity of Plainfield during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (PHOTOS BY JOHN PATSCH)
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The Plainfield School District 202 Board on March 16 unanimously approved firing a teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old Central Campus student. Brian D. Smith, 32, a Plainfield Central science teacher, was arrested Feb. 26 and charged the following day in Will County Court with one count of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony. The board directed the super intendent BRIAN D. SMITH to notify State Superintendent of Schools of Smith’s termination and start the process to suspend and revoke Smith’s Illinois teaching certificate. Smith worked in District 202 since August 2014. He has not returned to PHSCC since being arrested off of school grounds on Feb. 26. He will not be allowed on any District 202 property. He has been directed to have no contact with PHSCC staff or students.
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