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Township HSD 211

568 tickets identified

Local law enforcement agencies reported 568 tickets issued to students during the school years ending in 2019, 2020 and 2021 in Township HSD 211. These tickets might have been in addition to other punishments, such as detention or suspension. Related investigation →

Tickets were often issued for truancy and use or possession of tobacco or e-cigarettes. These tickets were issued for violations of municipal ordinances, usually minor infractions, and typically included a fine, which could be as high as $750. More serious offenses could result in arrest and criminal charges instead of a ticket.

Tickets issued for truancy in 2019 or later

Students in at least one school in this district were referred to police to be ticketed for truancy (being absent from or late to school without a valid excuse), even after an Illinois law prohibited the practice in 2019.

Juveniles’ debts may be sent to collections

At least one municipality in this district confirmed that it sends juveniles’ debts to collections, meaning a private company or state program can pursue the debt. In some cases, students can face higher financial penalties if the debt is not paid quickly.

Racial breakdown of students issued tickets in Township HSD 211

Some tickets may not include the race of the student.

The district did not provide a racial breakdown of students who were issued tickets.

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Note: Schools are only shown if reporters requested data from them. This may not include every school in the district.

Palatine High School
Enrollment: 2,571 Policed by: Palatine Police Department
Palatine Police Department reported 195 tickets issued at this school for infractions including truancy, disorderly conduct, use or possession of cannabis or cannabis paraphernalia, and use or possession of tobacco or e-cigarettes.
ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune could not determine whether Palatine sends juveniles’ debts to collections.
Racial breakdown of students issued tickets in Palatine High School
Some tickets may not include the race of the student.
William Fremd High School
Enrollment: 2,590 Policed by: Palatine Police Department
Palatine Police Department reported 24 tickets issued at this school for infractions including use or possession of cannabis or cannabis paraphernalia, truancy, and use or possession of tobacco or e-cigarettes.
ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune could not determine whether Palatine sends juveniles’ debts to collections.
Racial breakdown of students issued tickets in William Fremd High School
Some tickets may not include the race of the student.
North Campus
Enrollment: 46 Policed by: Palatine Police Department
Palatine Police Department reported 20 tickets issued at this school for infractions including truancy, disorderly conduct, and use or possession of tobacco or e-cigarettes.
ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune could not determine whether Palatine sends juveniles’ debts to collections.
Racial breakdown of students issued tickets in North Campus
Some tickets may not include the race of the student.
Schaumburg High School
Enrollment: 2,189 Policed by: Schaumburg Police Department
Schaumburg Police Department reported 27 tickets issued at this school for infractions including use or possession of tobacco or e-cigarettes, truancy, disorderly conduct, and use or possession of cannabis or cannabis paraphernalia.
Schaumburg confirmed that it does not send juveniles’ debts to collections.
Racial breakdown of students issued tickets in Schaumburg High School
Some tickets may not include the race of the student.
James B. Conant High School and Hoffman Estates High School
Enrollment: 4,346 Policed by: Hoffman Estates Police Department
Hoffman Estates Police Department reported 302 tickets issued at this school for infractions including use or possession of tobacco or e-cigarettes, use or possession of cannabis or cannabis paraphernalia, disorderly conduct, truancy, and use or possession of alcohol.
Hoffman Estates confirmed that it sends juveniles’ debts to collections.
Racial breakdown of students issued tickets in James B. Conant High School and Hoffman Estates High School
Some tickets may not include the race of the student.
Help ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune Report on Police Issuing Tickets at Schools

Police are ticketing students at schools across Illinois for behavior such as vaping, littering and disorderly conduct. Many students are forced to appear at hearings, which means missing school time, and the cases almost always result in judgments against the students, which carry fines as high as $750. We have found students as young as 10 are being ticketed, and Black students are disproportionately impacted.

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Data collection and reporting by Jennifer Smith Richards, the Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica. Interactive database design and development by Ruth Talbot, ProPublica. Illustrations by Laila Milevski, ProPublica. Additional data and analysis contributions from Agnel Philip, ProPublica. Additional engagement reporting and outreach by Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica.

About the data
Ticketing data covers the school years ending in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and is based on Chicago Tribune and ProPublica reporting and analysis. The publications collected ticket records through more than 500 public information requests to Illinois school districts and police departments. Data collection focused on high-school-only districts and large K-12 districts. About 86% of high school students in Illinois are enrolled in those districts. From those records, reporters built a database to quantify ticketing. Because the forms used to document tickets varied between districts and police departments, reporters made informed judgments to group tickets into broader categories. For example, reporters classified tickets for possession of drug paraphernalia and tickets for cannabis use into one category for drug-related tickets. A separate team then took a selection of records and spot-checked them to ensure that data had been entered consistently and to look for systemic flaws in the data entry. No widespread problems were found; any small errors that were identified were fixed. See more in our methodology.

Reporters contacted districts in which students had been ticketed for truancy in 2019 or later, after a state law prohibiting schools from referring truant students to police went into effect. Most districts did not respond, though a handful responded to confirm that tickets had been issued or to decline to speak about students’ attendance.

“Tickets” refer to tickets or citations for municipal ordinance violations that were confirmed either by the law enforcement agency that polices the school or by the school district. Ticketing data by school comes from law enforcement agencies and may not match the total reported by the school district, as schools are not required to track how often police ticket students.

For tickets reported by law enforcement agencies, “student” refers to anyone under 18 who was issued a ticket at the school address. Tickets issued at the school address for parking, traffic or curfew violations are not included in the data.

Enrollment data is from the Illinois State Board of Education, fall 2021.

This dataset was compiled by reporters from a variety of forms and records. If you notice an error, please contact us.
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