PG: Just a bruisin': A charged Mt. Lebanon student is treated fairly

Back in the day, when teenage boys had crewcuts and met girls wearing poodle skirts and bobbie socks down at the drug store for a malted, they said that someone courting trouble was "cruisin' for a bruisin'."

Fast forward to our less innocent time. Mitchell Klemencic, a senior at Mt. Lebanon High School, was cruisin' for a bruisin' -- and, what's more, he knew it. Every student in Mt. Lebanon signs a statement acknowledging that they have read and understand school policy.

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• www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/editorials/just-a-bruisin-a-charged-mt-lebanon-student-is-treated-fairly-637960

P-G: Mt. Lebanon student's arrest sparks court case over school authority

Mt. Lebanon High School senior Mitchell Klemencic missed his prom Tuesday night.

And he will miss graduation June 4.

He missed his senior reception last week and will miss the senior picnic next week.

All because he was cited -- but not yet convicted -- for possession of drug paraphernalia April 23 by Mt. Lebanon police in an off-campus, after school hours incident.

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• www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-south/mt-lebanon-arrest-sparks-court-case-over-school-authority-637271 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Trib: Judge: Mt. Lebanon senior with drug charges can't attend graduation

Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Judith L.A. Friedman denied a request Wednesday from a Mt. Lebanon High School senior that would have forced the district to allow him to participate in his graduation ceremony.

The district barred Mitchell Klemencic, 18, from prom and June commencement because police charged him in April with possession of drug paraphernalia.

"I don't necessarily agree, but there's not much I can do now," said Klemencic, who attended the hearing with his father.

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• www.triblive.com/news/1851610-74/district-klemencic-drug-alcohol-students-activities-charged-graduation-judge-june (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)