Both students, Kyle Turner and Kassidy Baugh, are freshmen. Turner was suspended until March 16, 2009, for being involved in a fight with another student Aug. 29, 2008. Baugh also was suspended, for …
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Both students, Kyle Turner and Kassidy Baugh, are freshmen. Turner was suspended until March 16, 2009, for being involved in a fight with another student Aug. 29, 2008. Baugh also was suspended, for the remainder of the school year, after an altercation with another student and a teacher Oct. 1. Neither student has been allowed to pursue any form of education since their separate incidents, according to their parents. But at a special hearing Monday, attorney Thomas Mickes, representing the Warren County R-III School District, said he had recently learned of the MoVIP program and felt it provided "the most comprehensive way for these students to get the education they need." The program offers an online curriculum which allows students to take basic core courses. "It's not an easy program," said Mickes, "and it will require some dedication on the part of both of these students and their parents." The second semester of the MoVIP academic year starts Jan. 15, 2009, Mickes said. Registration ends Jan. 9. Both students' mothers, who attended the hearing, said their children will apply to MoVIP for the spring semester. If both students take a full course load for the spring semester, Mickes said, it would still be possible for them to graduate on time in 2012 with additional credits picked up in summer school. Judge Tom Frawley of St. Louis presided over the hearing. He gave each student until noon of Dec. 30, 2008, to apply for admission into the program. Both students have computers at home, they said, but neither has Internet access required for the program. But Mickes said he understood Internet access would be provided if the students' application was accepted. Both students should be eligible to return to Warrenton High School when the 2009-10 academic year begins next August, according to school officials. "All we can do now is look forward," said Warrenton attorney Tim Joyce, who represented Turner and his mother. "It seems to provide the best option for us right now," said Kimberly Baugh, Kassidy Baugh's mother. "But I'm still upset that my daughter has lost a whole semester because of this incident."
