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Smyrna parent asks board to reconsider student’s long-term consequences after prank
Rutherford County Board of Education (Rutherford County Schools) · October 17, 2025
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Summary
A Smyrna parent urged the board to reduce a student’s punitive point sanction and restore the shorter suspension, saying the penalty outweighs the mistake and harms the student’s academic record.
At the public-comment portion of the meeting, Stacy Hardy, a parent, asked the board to reconsider a recent student discipline decision for her son.
Hardy said her son — a high-performing student with a 3.8 GPA who volunteers and participates in extracurriculars — made an immature prank…
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