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Whitman Students Punished For Off-Campus Alcohol Possession
The Gazette reports that dozens of Whitman students attended a Dec. 10 house party where alcohol was served.
About three dozen students were temporarily suspended from extracurricular activities following a Dec. 10 house party where alcohol was served, The Gazette reports this week.
Montgomery County police broke up the party and cited several teens for alcohol possession, The Gazette reports, but did not notify Whitman principal Alan Goodwin of the incident. The students were punished after Goodwin picked up on school gossip and Facebook chatter and investigated, according to The Gazette.
Montgomery County Public Schools typically leaves it up to principals to decide whether or not to punish students for off-campus incidents. According to Whitman's policy, "students found in possession of alcohol off campus, after school hours and not during school events are temporarily prevented from participating in extracurricular activities," The Gazette reports.
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