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According to the YMCA of Eastern Ontario, the program provides a three-to-five-day, growth-focused alternative to suspension.

Instead of sitting out at home, students complete schoolwork, join in recreation and life-skill activities, and receive one-on-one mentoring from YMCA youth workers.

The YMCA says that by wo

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