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A smooch. granted, he's 17, but a year suspended. why so harsh? >> i know. that's getting a lot of attention online. seems like an extreme punishment. the school district says it can't really talk about the specifics of this situation, nor can it talk about a student's past discipline behavior and record. what it says is that a hearing officer looks into this and takes that past discipline record and previous suspensions into account when determining the consequences. sam mcnair has said that, yes, he does have a discipline record. he has suspended before. but never for sexual harassment. so t...