Schools Chief Defends Expulsions
From Times Wire Reports
Decatur Schools Superintendent Kenneth Arndt took the witness stand in Urbana, Ill., and defended his district’s decision to expel six students involved in a fight at a football game, an action that led the Rev. Jesse Jackson to lead protests against the school. Hearings opened on a lawsuit filed by Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, which contends district officials violated the students’ due process rights.
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