Student suspended for having gun at school asks for expulsion to be reversed

[alp227]

A South River High School senior who was expelled for having a shotgun in his car on school property described the matter Thursday as serious but small and asked to be allowed to return to class.

Patrick Bryan Mitchell, 18, received an automatic expulsion from the Edgewater school after the unloaded shotgun was found by South River officials Feb. 7.

Mitchell told a school system hearing examiner Thursday that he forgot he had left the gun in the back seat of his vehicle after going hunting the previous night.

School officials discovered the gun and several rounds of ammunition, and pulled Mitchell out of class to ask him about it.

"I had no intent of bringing it to school. I completely forgot about it," Mitchell said.

County police determined there was no threat but charged Mitchell with having a weapon on school property.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/annapolis/bs-md-ar-shotgun-expulsion-20140424,0,6414194.story

[rrneck]

1. He's there to learn.

Mission accomplished.

[clffrdjk]

2. Zero tolerance = zero intelligence.

[melm00se]

3. zero tolerance rules

are the bureaucrats best friend. It removes any possibility of risk when making a decision.

[clffrdjk]

4. Sadly you are exactly correct.

And that is the only reason they have stuck around so long.

[stone space]

5. How does anybody "forget" their gun in the back seat? (nt)

[gejohnston]

6. I don't know,

but maybe Car 106 can explain it
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2015452756_coprifle29m.html

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

7. Show that car as a mental 10-7

[alp227]

8. Human nature I suppose. KIDS have been left in back seats. nt

[Eleanors38]

9. When in school, I didn't forget. I did it intentionally

but kept it in the trunk.

Zero-tolerance means nothing can work well, if at all.