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WHITBY -- A Grade 12 student at Anderson Collegiate was given a one-day suspension by the vice-principal for allegedly jaywalking after school. Kelly Simo, 17, said the streetlights at Anderson and Crawforth streets, a block north of the school, were yellow and then turned red when she was halfway through the intersection as she walked home Feb. 4. 'The next morning when I went to school, she called me down to the office...and (said), 'I have to suspend you for jaywalking,'' Kelly said, adding vice principal Pauline Langmaid insisted the light was red when she went across the street. She was told to stay home on Friday, Feb. 6. She complied with the suspension, but her mother is battling the school over what she calls a 'ludicrous' decision. Kelly, a Girl Guide since the age of five, said she was bewildered by Ms. Langmaid's accusation of misconduct. She noted the alleged incident occurred off school property and outside of regular school hours. She said she wasn't even offered a warning. Jackie Simo, the girl's mother, said Ms. Langmaid told her it was a 'safety issue' and the school would have to set an example for its junior students. 'I said, 'You've got to be kidding. There are kids in (schools) with drugs, weapons, alcohol, violence...but you're suspending her because she crossed the light?' said Ms. Simo. 'What I was told was the school day does not end until my daughter is in the house. I laughed and said, 'So if my daughter gets hit by a car, is mugged, raped...assaulted, is the school going to accept responsibility because she has not walked in (my) door?'' 'What I was told was, 'Let's not get carried away...' 'The whole thing is absolutely ludicrous. This is a kid they suspended because she crossed (on) a yellow light.' Ms. Simo said immediately after she met with the vice principal she went to the Durham District School Board to meet with the school's trustees. She said she was told she could not appeal the dec
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