A Northern Ireland school principal suspended 19 boys for “disruptive and disrespectful behaviour” that led to some substitute teachers refusing to teach there and a number of female teachers having to go home because they were so upset.
The year 11 pupils at Laurelhill Community College in Lisburn, aged 15 and 16, were each suspended for a day last week.
In an email to the parents of those suspended, principal Nicola Stevenson said a number of workshops have now been arranged for year 11 boys “to ensure that a culture of toxic masculinity does not develop”.
The post-primary school in Lisburn has over 900 pupils.
In a statement, Laurelhill Community College…