The number of suspensions for possessing a weapon on Toronto District School Board property nearly doubled in the past year, while the total number of weapons-related suspensions was the highest it's been since 2009.
In the last school year, there were 73 suspensions and expulsions for possession of a weapon across the TDSB. The year before there were only 42 instances recorded, nearly half the number from 2013-14.
The number of expulsions and suspensions for possession of weapons were the highest they've been since 2008, according to school board records obtained by CTV Toronto's Naomi Parness.
The records, from 2008 to 2014, were obtained through an access-to-information request. (more...)
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