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Lola Johnson used to be angry and admits she didn't like authority.
So when she recently spoke disrespectfully toward a security guard at Suitland High School, the 15-year-old found herself assigned to five days of out-of-school suspension.
Instead of getting a break from school, Johnson spent those days in Alternative to Suspension pilot program run by Suitland Family and Life Development Corp., a local nonprofit organization.
Suspensions as a learning experience
Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:11 PM EST
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This sounds like a great program. It sounds like they are giving those students a great gift. They are showing those students that they don't just have to be in school, but helping them realize what they can get out of it by recognizing where they want to go in life and what it takes to get there.
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