He broke a rule--now he has to deal with the consequences.
Exactly which of these rules did he break by carrying a TOY that is generally shaped like a firearm?
the full context can be found at
http://www.clevelandcountyschools.org/pdfs/code_of_conduct.pdf
Threat / False Threat - Making
any threat through written or verbal lan-guage,
sign or act which conveys a se-rious
expression of intent to cause harm
or violence. Furthermore, no student
shall make a false threat of harm or vio-lence,
even in jest, which causes or is
reasonably likely to cause fear or a dis-ruption
to school activities.
Possession of Weapons other than
Firearms - Possessing, handling, trans-mitting,
or bringing on to school prop-erty
any items including, but not lim-ited
to, knife, BB gun, air rifle, air pis-tol,
sling shot, blackjack, metal knuck-les,
bludgeon, bowie knife,
switchblade, dirk, dagger, leaded cane,
stun gun or other electronic shock
weapon, pepper spray, razors and ra-zor
blades, or any sharp-pointed or
edged instrument, or facsimile or other
item that could be considered a weapon
or dangerous instrument. This policy
does not apply to instructional supplies,
unaltered nail files and clips, or tools
used solely for preparation of food, in-struction,
or maintenance.
Possession or Use of a Firearm -Possessing,
handling, using, transmit-ting
or bringing onto educational prop-erty,
or to a school-sponsored curricu-lar
or extracurricular activity off edu-cational
property, a gun, rifle, pistol or
other firearm.
This section does not apply to students
who are members of the Reserve Of-ficer
Training Corps (ROTC) and who
are required to carry arms or weapons
in their official class duties or to weap-ons
used solely in official school in-struction
or ceremonies, with the prior
approval of the principal.
