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Mount Vernon student asks board to rescind three-day suspension tied to online advocacy
Summary
A 16-year-old student who said she posted to raise awareness about harassment said the district suspended her for cyberbullying; she urged the board to rescind the suspension and said speaking out should be protected.
A 16-year-old student from the Denzel Washington School of the Arts asked the Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education on June 3 to rescind a three-day suspension she received after she posted on social media to bring attention to a male student’s list ranking girls by their bodies.
“My name is Renee Martin. I’m a 16-year-old sophomore at the Denzel Washington School of the Arts,” she told trustees during public comment. Martin said the original incident — a male student creating a list ranking girls — resulted in a…
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