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By Sanchia Berg
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image captionTashaun Aird was stabbed nine times during a planned attack
The family of a murdered teenager say the system of school exclusion has to change, or more children will be lost like their son.
Tashaun Aird, 15, was killed in Hackney, east London, in May 2019 after being permanently excluded in 2017 and sent to an Alternative Provision.
A Serious Case Review said his exclusion was a catalyst to the deterioration in his behaviour .
Hackney Council accepted opportunities were missed to help Tashaun.
The 15-year-old, who wanted to be a professional musician and producer, was stabbed nine times during a planned attack and died in an alleyway. The stabbing came three months after an earlier one, which left Tashaun in hospital for weeks.
The Year 7 student council delivered the hampers to The Magpie Project.
- Credit: Tom Barnes
Forest Gate Community School’s student council has been hard at work collecting gifts for hampers as part of a Christmas charity drive.
The Year 7 students at the Forest Lane school have been supporting families who are living in temporary accommodation over the festive period.
The youngsters collected food, drink, and other gifts from their classmates
- Credit: Tom Barnes
The youngsters collected food, drink, and other gifts from their classes to make up the hampers and then delivered them to charity The Magpie Project, which will distribute them in time for Christmas.
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