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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published April 11, 2001
INVERNESS -- In a closed session Tuesday, the School Board expelled 11 students bringing the total for the year to 54, a record.
Three Crystal River High School ninth-graders, two male and one female, were expelled for violations of the district's zero tolerance policy on controlled substances.
One Lecanto High School ninth-grade male student was expelled for false or misleading information and disruptive behavior.
Three seventh-grade male students from Inverness Middle School were expelled for violations of the zero tolerance policy for controlled substances.
A Citrus Springs Middle School sixth-grade female student was expelled for possession of a controlled substance and a seventh-grade female at the same school was expelled for school-related violent crime.
Two students at the Renaissance Center, one a sixth-grade female and one an eighth-grade male, were expelled for drug violations and disruptive behavior.