EXPELLED BOY SUES TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, January 21, 1993                   TAG: 9301210317
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                                LENGTH: Short
EXPELLED BOY SUES TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL
An 11-year-old boy who was expelled for violating school weapons policy by having a key chain with a gun-shaped charm has filed suit seeking to return to school.
The lawsuit asks that George Smith be allowed to return immediately to Nansemond-Parkway Elementary School.
The board expelled the fifth-grader Jan. 14. But George has been barred from class since Dec. 7, when a teacher saw the 1\ -inch toy pistol in his pocket.
The lawsuit contends that the board's rules are "vague and confusing" and allow school officials to act without "ordinary intelligence."
- Associated Press

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB