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Today in letters: Spring Valley and school discipline

A student video shows then-senior Richland County Deputy Ben Fields trying to remove a student from her chair after she refused to leave her Spring Valley High School math class.
A student video shows then-senior Richland County Deputy Ben Fields trying to remove a student from her chair after she refused to leave her Spring Valley High School math class. Associated Press

A high student refuses to turn over her cell phone to a teacher and refuses orders from the teacher, an administrator and a sheriff’s deputy to leave the classroom. The deputy trying to remove her flips over her desk, tosses her across the floor and handcuffs her, while students record the scene on video. The deputy is fired. The community is divided. Today, readers weigh in.

This story was originally published November 4, 2015 at 3:27 PM with the headline "Today in letters: Spring Valley and school discipline."

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