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Parent questions 'zero tolerance' discipline after granddaughter removed from campus
Summary
At a March meeting of the Chesterfield County Board of Education, Renee Tyson urged the board to reconsider how the district applies its "zero tolerance" discipline policy after her granddaughter was removed from campus for the rest of the school year following a fight.
Renee Tyson told the Chesterfield County Board of Education during public comment that her granddaughter was suspended from campus for the remainder of the school year after a fight and that the family has received a third-degree battery charge as part of the case.
Tyson said she first took the matter to the school principal (who she said is no longer at the school), then to an assistant principal, then to Mr. King and the district superintendent. "He sent me back to Mr. King," Tyson…
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