Published November 17. 2021 05:25AM
The Tamaqua Area School Board approved the expulsion of an 11th grade student at Tuesday night’s school board meeting.
Following an executive session, Nicholas Boyle, chairman of the hearing committee, said the expulsion was for “violation of the discipline code, code of conduct and hazing policy, according to the established criteria.”
The expulsion comes nearly a week after multiple students were suspended following the incident which caused Tamaqua to forfeit its District 11 Class 3A football semifinal game against North Schuylkill 11 days ago. The district termed the incident, which happened at school property, as a “hazing” incident.
“I can ensure all of you here that the punishment will fit the offenses with regard to how things are going to fold out of this latest incident,” added Larry Wittig, school board president.”
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