Donny Coble Missing: Public School

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Donny Coble Missing After switching schools, leaving his old friends behind, Donny Coble attended a public school after he got expelled from his old school. In school Donny Coble never payed attention, did not do his homework and did not focus on school. His mother found a tutor for Donny and thought it would help. She soon realized that she did not make a good choice and that the tutor was not helping Donny. The tutor, Cal, would just bring Donny to concerts and such and Donny’s grades started slipping. Daisy, Donny’s mother, thought that Cal was the reason he was starting to fail. Donny got expelled and was at a public school. His grades were average but he always seemed depressed and not like his old self. So one day Donny skipped schools

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