Our Views: ; Rowdy Students Should Adapt; Students May Fairly Be Asked to Adjust to Society's Expectations

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IN 1994, the Greenbrier County school system suspended a 16-year- old boy who brought a gun to school. It refused to take him back, provide alternative education, or pay for tutoring.

In 1995, the Legislature passed a "safe schools" law that empowered county boards of education to expel students who threaten the safety of others. The state superintendent of schools at the time contended that students who were expelled for a year for having weapons on school property were not entitled to an education unless local boards chose to provide it.

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Our Views: ; Rowdy Students Should Adapt; Students May Fairly Be Asked to Adjust to Society's Expectations

A circuit court ordered Greenbrier County to provide free alternative education pro...

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