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Martin Griffith | Reno Gazette-Journal | Nov. 20, 2010
12 Carson Valley students suspended over pro-marijuana signs
A Northern Nevada school principal is defending the suspensions of 12 students for posting pro-marijuana signs on campus, saying it caused a disruption for classmates and staff.
Carson Valley Middle School Principal Robert Been said the signs, including ones reading "Legalize Weed" and "Free the Weed," violated a policy requiring all signs to be approved by staff before being displayed.
The group hung nearly 30 signs at the Gardnerville school, about 50 miles south of Reno, after three classmates were taken into custody on suspicion of smoking marijuana next to campus on Nov. 9. Most signs urged authorities to "free" the trio.
The suspensions handed down to the 12 ninth-graders, first reported by the Record-Courier of Gardnerville, ranged from one day to five days.
"What they did is not a cool thing to do. It just stirs up the campus," Been told the Associated Press. "It's not conducive to our education environment. This is a school, for crying out loud."
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