A Month in the Life

I pulled into the parking lot of the school, but all the school buses were there. I did a double take at my watch. I did stop by Wal-mart on my way to school, but there was no way I was that late to school! Why were all the buses there instead of out on routes? As I pulled a little closer I found out why. Every bus had at least 1 flat tire!

Some genius students sat down and thought, "What can I do to totally dismantle the school for a few hours?" These students didn't slice the tires. No, that would have been too easy. Instead, the students pulled out the little tube that you use to put air in the tire. Not only did they get all the buses on campus but also the maintenance trucks and the driver's ed car. Some buses are not left on campus but at another location, so after doing double and triple routes, all of the students had arrived by 2nd period.

I had to give a very hearty laugh. Although it was a very costly prank, it was genius. And I thought all those students were stupid!

As if the morning wasn't hectic enough, I had to be on the disciplinary hearing for the boy who brought the gun to school. He's been in the detention center (DC) since the incident, and do you know the Sheriff parked on the side of the school and marched the child through the hallway in his yellow jump suit and chains! Some people thought it was wrong, and it may have been. I was glad some of the other students got to see it; hopefully they won't be as dumb.

According to the boy, someone from another school gave him the gun and he forgot it was in his backpack. That night he came on campus to try and sneak into the Powderpuff football game. He went through his backpack and saw the gun was still in there, so instead of going off campus, he stashed it behind the buses. It sounds like a legitimate story, but some of his details don't add up. Either way, he violated not only a school board law or a state law but a federal law. Even if we wanted to let him go, our hands were tied. We gave him a year expulsion, and if he wishes to be reinstated after the year, he has to go before the school board. He's still in DC; I'm not sure for how long. The rumor is he will be tried as an adult in the actual court case...

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