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Kan. school defends decision to kick out students - AP News Wire, Associated Press News - Salon.com

Kan. school defends decision to kick out students - AP News Wire, Associated Press News - Salon.com

Kan. school defends decision to kick out students

A junior college in suburban Kansas City is defending its decision to kick out four students who posed for photos with a human placenta.

One of the students, Doyle Byrnes, is seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to force Johnson County Community College to reinstate her before classes resume Jan. 19. She had posted one of the photos on Facebook.

The school has said the students could seek readmission in the fall and finish the program a year later in May 2012. But Byrnes is getting