Dixon USD 170 board approves expulsion for student after closed hearing
March 27, 2026 | Dixon USD 170, School Boards, Illinois
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The Dixon Unit School District 170 Board of Education voted 5–1 on March 26 to adopt an expulsion resolution for student E13431 following a formal disciplinary hearing.
Chair read the resolution on the record, saying the board "sustains the findings and recommendations" from the formal hearing conducted by Doug Stansford, assistant superintendent of Dixon Public Schools, and Matt Magnifici, principal of Reagan Middle School. The resolution states the student is to "be expelled from this district effective Feb. 25, 2026, through the remainder of the 2025–26 school year, the entirety of the 2026–27 school year, and the first semester of the 2027–28 school year." The board recorded that the expelled student may attend the Regional Office of Education 47 Center for Change in Rock Falls, Illinois, to receive educational services, and that removal from that program would reinstate the district expulsion for the remaining period. The resolution also includes a no-trespass restriction from Dixon Public School property, activities and events during the expulsion period.
The motion to approve the recommended discipline of student number 13431 was moved and seconded on the record and then adopted by roll call. The board recorded five votes in favor and one opposed; the vote as recorded on the meeting transcript lists Fritz, Gates, Rogers, Schaffer and Wagner as voting "Aye" and a single member recorded as voting "No." The board also voted earlier in the meeting to enter closed session for the purpose of discussing student disciplinary cases, at which the formal hearing and deliberation took place.
The resolution notes the hearing was conducted "by Mr. Doug Stansford, assistant superintendent of Dixon Public Schools, [and] Mr. Matt Magnifici, principal of Reagan Middle School." No further disciplinary details about the incident or the student's family circumstances were recorded in the public minutes during the open session. The resolution establishes the expulsion effective date and the conditions for alternative placement and trespass; it does not specify an appeal schedule or reinstatement review timeline in the portions read aloud at the meeting.
The board adjourned the special meeting after the vote. The district did not provide additional public comment or detail in open session beyond the resolution read on the record.
Chair read the resolution on the record, saying the board "sustains the findings and recommendations" from the formal hearing conducted by Doug Stansford, assistant superintendent of Dixon Public Schools, and Matt Magnifici, principal of Reagan Middle School. The resolution states the student is to "be expelled from this district effective Feb. 25, 2026, through the remainder of the 2025–26 school year, the entirety of the 2026–27 school year, and the first semester of the 2027–28 school year." The board recorded that the expelled student may attend the Regional Office of Education 47 Center for Change in Rock Falls, Illinois, to receive educational services, and that removal from that program would reinstate the district expulsion for the remaining period. The resolution also includes a no-trespass restriction from Dixon Public School property, activities and events during the expulsion period.
The motion to approve the recommended discipline of student number 13431 was moved and seconded on the record and then adopted by roll call. The board recorded five votes in favor and one opposed; the vote as recorded on the meeting transcript lists Fritz, Gates, Rogers, Schaffer and Wagner as voting "Aye" and a single member recorded as voting "No." The board also voted earlier in the meeting to enter closed session for the purpose of discussing student disciplinary cases, at which the formal hearing and deliberation took place.
The resolution notes the hearing was conducted "by Mr. Doug Stansford, assistant superintendent of Dixon Public Schools, [and] Mr. Matt Magnifici, principal of Reagan Middle School." No further disciplinary details about the incident or the student's family circumstances were recorded in the public minutes during the open session. The resolution establishes the expulsion effective date and the conditions for alternative placement and trespass; it does not specify an appeal schedule or reinstatement review timeline in the portions read aloud at the meeting.
The board adjourned the special meeting after the vote. The district did not provide additional public comment or detail in open session beyond the resolution read on the record.
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