Drugs cause of suspensions
By
JENNY long
t Involvement with drugs has led to four South Island pupils’ being indefinitely suspended from their schools so far this year, according to the district senior inspector ■of secondary schools, Mr Norman Sinclair. “There is a great deal of speculation about drug abuse, but when you try to substantiate it or pinpoint it, it is very difficult;” he said. “Five years ago, drugrelated suspensions were unusual, but there is now more evidence of it.”
Mr Sinclair said indefinite suspension was a technical term used by schools, because'' pupils under 15 could not be expelled. “Schools are required to review an indefinite suspension, but if It is extended, that amounts to expulsion.” So far this year, 23 South Island pupils have been Indefinitely suspended. Eight pupils, “the biggest single category,” had been suspended for “unacceptable and incorrigible behaviour problems,” Mr Sinclair said.
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