Just when I was beginning to think the kids were getting soft, this happens.
Newport School Superintendent Michael Brandt will recommend next week that five students who passed around a handgun at school be expelled for one year.
And the county attorney's office also is considering whether to file any criminal charges, following discovery by Newport police of an unloaded gun at the home of one of the students.
"It's unfortunate that students make such poor choices that lead to such severe consequences, but we have zero tolerance for this kind of behavior in Newport schools," Brandt said.
School officials found out about the gun following a fight that happened after school Wednesday at 8th Street and Central Avenue.
When police arrived shortly after the fight started at 3 p.m., the crowd dispersed, running in different directions.
A witness told police that a gun was displayed during the fight.
The next day a girl and her mother told Campbell County Family Court Judge D. Michael "Mickey" Foellger, who conducts truancy hearings at the middle school, about the fight and the gun, Brandt said.
An investigation by Newport police and the school's resource officer found that four Newport Middle School students and a high school student assigned to the Newport Learning Academy had passed the gun around at school.
In my day, this resulted in a 3-day suspension. Sounds like Brandt is cracking down. The bad news: Get ready Holmes, these kids will be enrolling over there soon.
BTW: Thanks to my peeps within the school system for passing along this story yesterday...on the down low, of course.
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