Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, October 20, 1994 TAG: 9410200092
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DIANE STRUZZI AND JOEL TURNER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Police would not disclose the name of the school, but another source familiar with the incident said it occurred at Monterey Elementary School on Oliver Road Northeast.
About 1:40 p.m., a Drug Abuse Resistance Education officer was told that a gun had been seen in a pupil's bookbag. In a pocket of the bag, the officer found an unloaded .22-caliber handgun, a rifle clip and four .308-Winchester bullets.
The boy told the officer that the gun was his father's.
He was released into his mother's custody and was suspended from school.
Under the school system's disciplinary policy, school administrators are required to recommend that the School Board expel him.
In all cases involving guns on school property, the School Board has approved the recommendations for expulsion. Ten students were expelled last year for bringing weapons or drugs onto school property.
Under the city's policy, expulsion is defined as the permanent exclusion of a students from city schools, including the adult and GED programs.
While expulsions are permanent, the student could apply for some alternative schooling, such as home instruction. School officials would decide whether alternative schooling would be available.
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