RI students get free breakfast, but suspended too

[March 19, 2010]  WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- Dozens of students from a Rhode Island high school who skipped classes for a free breakfast at Denny's got grand-slammed with suspensions.

Officials at West Warwick High School tell The Providence Journal that 46 students went to Denny's in Warwick on Feb. 9 to take advantage of a free "Grand Slam" breakfast.

Assistant Principal Paula Santos got wind of the outing and drove to the restaurant to tell the students to go to school. Principal Karen Tarasevich says students who immediately went back were dismissed with a suspension mark on their records. Those who didn't return got two-day suspensions.

Tarasevich says she cracked down because last year students did the same thing, and one was involved in a car crash as he returned to school.

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Information from: The Providence Journal, http://www.projo.com/

[Associated Press]

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