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Scoop.it!
School suspensions during freshman year seem to have a lasting effect on students' high school careers—but not in the way they are intended. 
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Scoop.it!
This post is written by a student who chose to drop out of school. Quoting from the article: "The good news is that it worked. I’ve developed a wide range of interests and skills, with my lifelong field of choice being software. I have a software development job that I love, I have no student debt, and I feel secure about my long-term future... The bad news is that along the way, I discovered that public schools are not prepared to fairly compete for their students’ attention. This has resulted in a long series of slightly traumatizing events. From the prescription drugging, to the humiliation of being singled out from the rest of my peers, to the threats of litigation, it’s been a long road..." Read on and allow this article to challenge some notions you may have.
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This is a pretty amazing infographic that looks at school suspensions of 9th grade stduents and how it impacts them over their high school career. It turnes "a student suspended even once in ninth grade is less likely to graduate from high school compared to his or her peers who never got in trouble." As well as this infographic the article links The Civil Rights Project and "Two first-of-their-kind reports shed light on the growing use of punitive disciplinary measures and provides research-based alternatives." (This 2nd quote if from the Civil Rights Project and can be found at http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/press-releases/2013-press-releases/out-of-school-and-off-track-reports-detail-disturbing-and-increased-use-of-suspensions.