Two Suttons Bay middle school students received punishment this week for their role in a prank.
Superintendent Mike Murray held expulsion hearings Monday for two eighth grade male students. He expelled one for the remainder of the school year, while the second student will be barred from attending school for a month. The last day of classes for students is June 6 at Suttons Bay.
The disciplinary action followed an April 22 incident in which the two male students pulled down the pants of a female student returning to the school at the conclusion of track practice. None of the students involved in the incident was identified by Murray.
“They thought it was a harmless prank — I didn’t,” the superintendent said. “By all accounts, these are good kids with good grades and are well behaved. They just got away with spring frivolity.”
Murray said that the parents of the students being disciplined argued that it was a harmless prank and that the students involved have known one another since kindergarten.
The first male pulled the shorts down and the girl’s pants were ripped when she tried to keep them up as the second boy pulled them down.
“I don’t have a sense of humor when it comes to this — an act which shows disrespect,” he said.
Murray said board bylaws authorize him to hold expulsion hearings and take action without coming to the Board of Education.
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A two-plus page legal advertisement published in Section 4 of this week's Leelanau Enterprise by the Village of Suttons Bay contains a "routine update" of the village's water use ordinance, according to village clerk Dorothy Petroskey.
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Suttons Bay Village Council Notice to the PublicSynopsis of Suttons Bay Village Council Regular Meeting of March 27, 2008
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Proposals for two projects designed to involve students, enrich learning opportunities and improve the school grounds were presented to the Suttons Bay Board of Education this week.
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Suttons Bay Township is still looking for volunteers to serve in two posts related to operation of the Suttons Bay-Bingham Fire and Rescue Department.
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