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Twenty-five students who staged an anti-war protest at Morton West High School in Berwyn last week have been punished, including 10-day suspensions and possible expulsions. Parents of some suspended students are outraged, saying school officials went too far. They plan to meet at the high school today and demand the students be returned to class. 'This is about freedom of speech,' said Adam Szwarek, father of a sophomore who was suspended. Szwarek says his son now faces an expulsion hearing. Szwarek and other parents insisted the protest against the Iraq war was peaceful. The kids say the sit-in was meant as an alternative to regular school visits by military recruiters. The parents also said their children complied with a request by school administrators to move their protest from the cafeteria to another room after being assured they wouldn't be disciplined. But Ben Nowakowski, superintendent of Morton School District, says the protest was not peaceful and it disrupted the school day. He confirmed the district was 'going through the suspension and expulsion process for 25 students.'
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