Boy suspended from school for turning in found pellet gun.

AK-74me

AK-74me

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Typical these days. :jameo:

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_348001946.html

CBS) PLAINFIELD, Ill. A 13-year-old Plainfield boy and his parents are stunned and outraged after the teen found a gun in school and turned it in to authorities, who then expelled him.

CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports Ryan Morgan's parents and supporters attended the school board meeting Wednesday evening to try to fight the expulsion. They believe the punishment, and the subsequent alternative school option, are not the proper responses to a mistake made by a teenage boy.

Ryan Morgan, 13, says he pocketed a pellet gun he and a friend found in their school's bathroom to keep people safe. Morgan's mother says a short time later Morgan gave the gun to the Troy Middle School assistant principal.

"I told him maybe that wasn't the best decision, to remove that gun, but it did lead to you finding the culprit, he was arrested and to put my son in alternative school -- he has no behavior problems," Audrey Morgan, Ryan's mother, said.

The Morgans say there was no reasoning with the principal or with the school superintendent.

"He said, 'The board can give your son full two-year expulsion, I'm asking you not to go before them,'" Audrey Morgan said.

They went anyway, saying they had nothing to lose, only to see the meeting minutes already recommend expulsion.

Roy Morgan says he can't accept that, but accepts his son's decision.

"He said 'I'm going to turn this in' and you know what, I commend my son for making that decision. It was the right decision," he said.

School board officials issued a statement Wednesday night saying due to confidentiality reasons they can't discuss the specifics of this case, but that "purposeful possession of weapons is a serious offense and deserves careful consideration by the administration and the school board."
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Redskinsmama

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that has got to be the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. If they found out who had the gun, why is the other kid in any trouble? grrr
 
AndyMarquisLIVE

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Redskinsmama said:
that has got to be the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. If they found out who had the gun, why is the other kid in any trouble? grrr
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Because you're not supposed to punish the offender. You're supposed to punish those who do good so they learn to get mean and bully others and toughen up. Get with the program.
 
Toxick

Toxick

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Brilliant.



The kid is obviously not a danger to himself or others - but expel him because of some zero-tolerance bureaucratic horse####. Great idea.

I think it's about time these kids learned a good life lesson here.



"NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED"
 
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smurfie

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horsesrock93 said:
:howdy: so the boy turned in the gun and got introble. z :howdy:
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Of course that would happen right ? Use common sense, it seems alot of parents out there dont watch what there children are doing, and its a sad sight.
 
kwillia

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smurfie said:
Of course that would happen right ? Use common sense, it seems alot of parents out there dont watch what there children are doing, and its a sad sight.
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What do you think his parents should have done differently?
 
MMDad

MMDad

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horsesrock93 said:
:howdy: so the boy turned in the gun and got introble. z :howdy:
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No, he got in trouble because he picked up the gun and put it in his pocket. He should not have touched the gun.

However, it is ignorant for the schoolboard to use a "zero tolerance" policy that does not allow them to consider all of the facts and issue an appropriate punishment.
 
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smurfie

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kwillia said:
What do you think his parents should have done differently?
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For one check his bags etc before he heads out on the bus. I am not saying its a corrupt parent that doesnt care, but at the same time, I believe that parents dont do there jobs sometimes and it comes back to haunt them.
 
AK-74me

AK-74me

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smurfie said:
For one check his bags etc before he heads out on the bus. I am not saying its a corrupt parent that doesnt care, but at the same time, I believe that parents dont do there jobs sometimes and it comes back to haunt them.
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Did you read the article or are we talking about different boys here, because everyone else is talking about the kid who FOUND the pellet gun.
 
AndyMarquisLIVE

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smurfie said:
For one check his bags etc before he heads out on the bus. I am not saying its a corrupt parent that doesnt care, but at the same time, I believe that parents dont do there jobs sometimes and it comes back to haunt them.
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I've checked my little sister's bags because she was talking about killing someone. If she does it with her bare hands, fine. Fair fight... :lmao:

Although I think she'd get her ass kicked.
 
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smurfie

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AK-74me said:
Did you read the article or are we talking about different boys here, because everyone else is talking about the kid who FOUND the pellet gun.
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Im not talking about the article, just in general lol
 
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smurfie

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AndyMarquisLIVE said:
I've checked my little sister's bags because she was talking about killing someone. If she does it with her bare hands, fine. Fair fight... :lmao:

Although I think she'd get her ass kicked.
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well I guess your right on that Andy LOL.... I think parents should be more invovled than they are thats all !
 
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MMDad said:
No, he got in trouble because he picked up the gun and put it in his pocket. He should not have touched the gun.
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So as he goes off to tell the principal, the student who brought the gun in can come back and take 20 students out?
 
AndyMarquisLIVE

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smurfie said:
well I guess your right on that Andy LOL.... I think parents should be more invovled than they are thats all !
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The other thing these schools need to realize is most of these shootings aren't just some random kid who wants to kill some other random kid for no reason.

There's generally something that leads up to this. It's almost always some emo kid that's getting pushed around by the jocks and bullies. What the schools do, instead of circumventing, is allow them to push that kid to their breaking point and EVERYBODY has a breaking point.

And, if it's the popular kids or football players pushing some kid around, DON'T expect someone to intervene.
 
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