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Published on: 10/23/2007
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Prosser High Principal Kevin Lusk said the number of suspensions is up slightly this year, while the number of gang-related suspensions has skyrocketed.
Last year, 26 students were suspended at the high school, with five suspended for taking part in gang-related activities.This year, he said, there have been 32 suspensions and 22 have been gang-related.
He said every day in September janitors were in the bathrooms at the schools cleaning up fresh gang graffiti in the stalls.
"It impacts everyone," he said."It's creating an unsafe distraction from our academic goals."
Over the past two years, the school district has been battling increased gang activity.Lusk said school officials are providing gang awareness programs for parents, students and community members.