Ilion High School - Class of 1974

Source pdf file is here Rome NY Daily Sentinel 1973 - 2361.pdf on fultonhistory.com

Pupils admit stone-throwing

WESTMORELAND - Seven boys at Ilion Junior-Senior High School who voluntarily admitted to the stoning of two Westmoreland Central School spectator buses "have lost all their rights but the right to attend school," according to the school's principal.

Notification of the action was presented by Westmoreland Supervising Principal Clifford Baker during the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. The information was read from a letter sent to Baker by Leo J. Sammon, Ilion Junior-Senior High principal.

The incident occurred Nov. 30 in Ilion, following a basketball game won by Westmoreland 65-43. Five Westmoreland students were treated for superficial face injuries caused by flying glass in the incident, and one girl was reportedly struck in the head by a brick, Baker said.

Sammon's letter said that following an announcement over the school's public address system the following Monday, urging the guilty to come forth, "We received good cooperation from our student body in general, and that along with peer group pressure brought students forward."

Sammon said "We have collected all our information and have sent it to the police. Until the investigation is completed, the seven students are not to take part in any activities after school is out. This will be the minimum disciplinary action. What happens after that depends on the police investigation."

Baker refused to release the full text of the letter after reading it during the public portion Tuesday night. ...