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ALMOST 2000 suspensions have been dished out to students at a Somerset region high school in a five-year period, new data has revealed.
Lowood State High School issued 1807 suspensions, which included 1656 short suspensions, 74 long suspensions and 41 exclusions.
The data comes as the
Gatton Star and
Courier Mail reveal a staggering 374,506 suspensions have given to students across give years – three times as more as the ACT and twice as many as NSW schools.
In the Somerset region, 20 schools handed out 3801 suspensions between 2015 and 2019.
Lowood State School recorded the second highest number of suspensions 469, while Kilcoy State High School issued 456 suspensions.