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Report: DeKalb Schools Suspend Marching Band Activities

11 Alive reports that the school system is suspending all marching band activities due to "possible inappropriate activities."

DeKalb County high schools in Stone Mountain affected by the suspension are , and .

The station's report referred to a statement from the schools system, which read:

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"The DeKalb County School System is announcing today it is suspending until further notice all marching band activities while senior staff conducts a full scale investigation of possible inappropriate activities among high school band members, alumni advisors, band directors and others surrounding DeKalb Schools high school marching bands.

The investigation, headed by Deputy Superintendent Kendra March, is meant to determine the scale and nature of any inappropriate activities and what actions need to be taken at the school level to ensure the safety of students."

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The suspension of marching band activities comes a month after the death due to suspected hazing of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion, who was a Southwest DeKalb high school alumnus.

According to the an article in The Washington Post, DeKalb Schools spokesman Walter Woods said the bands can perform in the Martin Luther King Day parade in Stone Mountain in January.


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