“So proud of our amazing educators & love how they are all in!,” Rowe wrote. Jennifer Rowe, the school’s “Director of Equity and Belonging,” made the announcement on Twitter. “Students are turning to teachers to help them make sense of this new reality,” the group says. “Textbooks and the traditional curriculum are of no help as they hide the long history of white supremacy and the Black Freedom Struggle.” The group will train LT teachers on how to better incorporate “the truth about the breathtaking heroism of black communities in the face of injustice,” and how they can replace “eurocentric textbooks with a curriculum that centers the intersectional identities of black people.” 1 hearing at the Bridgeview courthouse.Teachers at Lyons Township High School will participate in a book study organized by a Black Lives Matter group, “Teaching for Black Lives.” Starkes and Ross remain free on bond awaiting a Nov. Neither was a student at Lyons Township or Proviso West.īoth men were charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon/possession of a firearm on school grounds. In their report, police did not state why Starkes and Ross were at the game or at whose behest, if anyone.
The dance has been rescheduled and will be held in the main courtyard at South Campus on Oct. The high school called off the homecoming dance, which was to be held that night at South Campus, as a precaution. Police did not report recovering any other weapons. Police secured a perimeter around the campus and Western Springs called for assistance from the west suburban Major Case Assistance Team, which conducted a search of the campus for other evidence using additional personnel, police dogs and drones. Police later obtained a search warrant and recovered the guns from inside the car.Īs more police units from LaGrange, LaGrange Park and Countryside arrived on scene, another witness told police a gun may have been tossed somewhere on campus. Western Springs police reported looking inside the black Chrysler and seeing two black handguns with extended magazines, in plain view, one under the driver’s seat and one under the passenger seat. Starkes II, 19, of Blue Island, were detained without further incident.
When the two suspects attempted to enter the vehicle, police ordered them to stop and approach police with their hands showing.
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