Photo / Jason OxenhamA school has been told to apologise to a student expelled for swearing at a teacher, with the Chief Ombudsman ruling the behaviour was not "gross misconduct". The student told the Herald he was in a common room doing an English assignment on the iPad when the teacher, his house leader, told him to get off the device. A student can be expelled if they commit "gross misconduct that sets a harmful or dangerous example for other students". There is less flexibility in interpreting the threshold for gross misconduct than the board thinks." He believed the student's behaviour was not gross misconduct as it was not "reprehensible to a high degree".

Source: New Zealand Herald August 04, 2021 17:03 UTC