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| | Issue #18.37 :: 04/11/2007 - 04/17/2007 | School cases
When one student uses a knife to cut an orange and gets a 15-day suspension; A boy accused of exposing himself is found not guilty
| BY TOM GRANT
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Recent tribunal reports from
Richmond
County schools show numerous threats against teachers and marijuana use. But they also point out how the school deals with knives and what’s considered appropriate punishment when someone is found with one.
A good student at Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School was accused of having “residue from marijuana” in an old suitcase taken on a school trip, though she tested negative for the drug in her system. A later search found a knife and a Leatherman in the girl’s car.
A teacher testified that students are allowed to bring tools to school, but not to leave them in their cars. Though there’s no evidence of ill intent, the girl is sent to the
Alternative
Center and may not be allowed back into Davidson.
In another case, a girl who pulls out a knife in class to cut an orange gets 15 days suspension. A girl who brings a knife because she’s fearful of classmates is sent to the
Alternative
Center.
Here are summaries of the most recently released disciplinary reports from the schools.
Feb. 14,
Hephzibah
Middle School — A girl said a boy followed her into the restroom, exposed himself, grabbed her hand and made her touch him. The boy denied it. The girl’s mother wouldn’t let the girl sign a complaint against the boy. The tribunal finds there’s not enough evidence to find anyone guilty.
Feb. 14,
Tubman
Middle School — Two students are seen coming out from behind the stairwell. The 14-year-old sixth grader is adjusting his clothes. The teacher asks if they were having sex. The boy hits the teacher. After other teachers separate them, the student attacks the teacher again. The girl, a 15-year-old 8th grader, blames the teacher for starting the fight. The girl is sent to the
Alternative
Center until the end of the next school year. The boy is assigned to the
Alternative
Center until he’s eligible for ninth grade.
Feb. 14,
T.W.
Josey
High School — A student said she was tired of “all these damn teachers with their f***ing attitude.” The student was placed on probation.
Feb. 14,
Hephzibah
High School — A student was acting very hyper and not behaving normally. There’s some question of whether the student had taken meth, but nothing shows up in a blood test. She’s found not guilty of violating conduct rules.
Feb. 15, Academy of Richmond County — A 16-year-old 10th grader admits writing a threat in a textbook: “I’m going to kill Mrs. Rayburn and her child.” The student is assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the rest of the year.
Feb. 15,
Lucy
C.
Laney
High School — An officer finds a lighter on a student. The student admits smoking in the restroom. The student is sent back to the school for punishment.
Feb. 16,
Butler
High School — Security found a marijuana cigar on a student. The 17-year-old 11th grader is sent to the
Alternative
Center for the rest of the year.
Feb. 16,
Glenn
Hills
High School — A girl has $100 to get her hair done after school. Another student grabs the money out of her pocket. A fight ensues and another girl jumps in against the theft victim. Both girls who jumped in the fight are suspended for the rest of the year. The one accused of theft is assigned to Alternative School next year.
Feb. 16,
Cross
Creek
High School — A student wore an inappropriate belt buckle to school and a teacher took it away. The buckle said “parental advisory explicit f***ing lyrics.” The 16-year-old ninth grader is sent to the
Alternative
Center for the next year.
Feb. 16,
Cross
Creek
High School — A student pulled out an orange and cut it up with a steak knife before eating it. The knife blade was more than 2.5 inches long. The 16-year-old 10th grader said she was using the knife because she couldn’t break the orange with her fingernails. She gets 15 days suspension and probation.
Feb. 20,
East
Augusta
Middle School — Two seventh graders brought a BB gun to school and shot it off in the restroom. A 12-year-old and 13-year-old are assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the rest of the year.
Feb. 20, Academy of Richmond County — During a parking lot search, a security officer smelled marijuana and found a baggie in a student’s car. The student said it must belong to his cousin, who had driven the car. The 18-year-old 12th grader did not smell of marijuana. He plans to join the Navy after graduation. He’s assigned to 10 days of in-school probation.
Feb. 20,
C.T.
Walker
Traditional
Magnet School — A 12-year-old sixth grader admits bringing a knife to school. She said she was going to use it if some girls kept bothering her. She’s assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the rest of the year.
Feb. 20,
Hephzibah
Middle School —A student calls a teacher a “bitch faggot.” The 14-year-old seventh grader is assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the rest of the year.
Feb. 20,
Sego
Middle School — A student is found with a bag of marijuana in his pocket. The student said he had just picked it up off the ground before the teacher caught him with it. The student is found not guilty of violating school rules.
Feb. 21, Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School — A student admitted having marijuana residue in an old suitcase taken on a school trip and a knife and a Leatherman in her car. The 16-year-old 10th grader is assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the rest of the year.
Feb. 21,
Butler
High School — A student on probation gets eight disciplinary referrals and 45 tardies in three months. The 14-year-old ninth grader is assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the rest of the year.
Feb. 21,
Hephzibah
High School — A student is found with marijuana in his jacket after he called a teacher a name. The 15-year-old ninth grader is expelled for the next year, and assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the year after that.
Feb. 22, Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School — Two students arrive late smelling of marijuana. A search finds two bongs and marijuana in a car. A 14-year-old eighth grade boy and a 17-year-old 12th grade girl are assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the rest of the year.
Feb. 23,
East
Augusta
Middle School — A 12-year-old sixth grader is seen taking off her shoes and shouting, “You bitches want to fight me?” She said four girls were threatening to jump her. The security officer had to pull a baton and grab the girl by the hair and neck to drag her away. The girl is assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the next year.
Feb. 27,
Butler
High School — A student placed on probation for excessive tardies gets 25 more tardies and nine disciplinary referrals in the next 42 days. The 17-year-old ninth grader is assigned to the
Alternative
Center for the rest of the year.
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