A letter came home, or an email landed, and suddenly your kid is facing a suspension, an expulsion hearing, or a "tribunal." The school has done this hundreds of times. You're doing it for the first time. The single most important thing to understand right now: school discipline in Georgia runs on short, unforgiving clocks — and most of them start the moment that notice arrives. If the suspension is 10 school days or less Short-term suspensions don't require a formal hearing