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    Tough punishment for Illinois teens' PDA

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I was -- -- source is a simple -- like this or.

Sometimes my hands were just resting our shoulders -- Taylor says he gave his girlfriend a simple -- between classes at Saint -- -- -- high school in Waukegan.

It lasted a couple of seconds but school officials said that's not what they're students should be learning or doing at school.

Who's a hug -- a hug from behind with her backpack on so I don't know how much contact was served by.

He said it was writing here is Kevin is a junior his girlfriend a freshman and because his teacher and the dean of students at saint Maarten.

Have warned them both -- writing about multiple displays of affection including casing and full frontal hugs.

They were each suspended one day this week Kevin says this Catholic schools PDA policy.

-- -- -- What -- record and it's -- I will.

So the school's president would not talk to us on camera but he did tell me.

That -- they have a safe and healthy environment for students to learn and they want to keep it that way in quote and the school's handbook that each student is given.

States that saint -- among other things will not tolerate verbal abuse and appropriate displays of affection and distasteful language Kevin and his mother said.

PDA she'd be better defined they need to spell it out in the head but there.

Three pages satin.

Dress attire.

Three pages.

And they only have one line an appropriate.

Kevin and his girlfriend haven't seen each other since the suspensions they will be back in school tomorrow he says -- welcome her.

With a big -- Darlene hill fox Chicago news.

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