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Teen suspended for riding horse to school — Joanne Jacobs

Teen suspended for riding horse to school — Joanne Jacobs

Teen suspended for riding horse to school

To celebrate school spirit week, a Boston-area high school student dressed up as a knight and rode his family’s horse around the school. Dan DePaolis, 17, was suspended for two days for endangering the student body; a friend, who dressed as a squire and led the horse at a sedate walk, got a one-day suspension and two hours of community service.

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