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The Tustin Unified School District Board of Trustees altered its zero-tolerance policy Monday, giving administrators more flexibility when disciplining students caught possessing or using drugs or alcohol.
The board voted 3 to 2, with Tammie Bullard and Jonathan Abelove dissenting, to change the policy. The new rules state that students who violate drug or alcohol rules may be transferred to another school and automatically suspended for five days. The previous policy required students caught possessing or using a controlled substance to be suspended for five days and automatically transferred.
“I think we have tried the tough black-and-white zero-tolerance policy, and we’ve found we don’t like it,” Trustee Ann Albertson said.
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