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7th Graders Who Played with Toy Gun — In Their Own Yards — May Be Kicked Out of School for the Rest of the Year (Update: Expelled!)
7th Graders Who Played with Toy Gun — In Their Own Yards — May Be Kicked Out of School for the Rest of the Year (Update: Expelled!)
by Bryan Preston
September 24, 2013 - 7:08 am
UPDATE: The boys have been expelled from school by a unanimous vote. Unbelievable.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – A seventh grade Virginia Beach student previously suspended for shooting an airsoft gun has been expelled, WAVY.com has learned.
During a hearing Tuesday morning, Aidan Clark and Khalid Caraballo were expelled in a unanimous vote. Clark was offered the option of attending an alternative school, but his father, Tim, told WAVY News’ Andy Fox he will be homeschooled.
Caraballo will attend an alternative school.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Madness:
A suspended seventh grade Virginia Beach student will find out soon if he is expelled for the rest of the year for shooting an airsoft gun.
Like thousands of others in Hampton Roads, Khalid Caraballo plays with airsoft guns. Caraballo and his friend Aidan were suspended because they shot two other friends who were with them while playing with the guns as they waited for the school bus.
The two seventh graders say they never went to the bus stop; they fired the airsoft guns while on Caraballo’s private property.
Aidan’s father, Tim Clark, told WAVY.com what happened next lacks commons sense. The children were suspended for possession, handling and use of a firearm.
Video at the link, including audio of the idiotic 911 call. The boys played around with their plastic toys nowhere near the school or even a bus stop.