If this is not true why are they telling us the kid is suspended till end of year. Or when something does happen are we going hear that there was warning signs. I like how the school is more worried about there imagine the the students.

Evening Jeremy, thanks for the comment. The rumor being circulated was that a Stow High student who drafted a hit list would return to school on Monday with a police escort. According to school officials and police, the student made a remark that he had a hit list when he really didn't. I mention above that he was suspended. Best regards, JD

By the way fox8 reports that there was a hit list confirmed by the police chief and they actually retrieved the list.

"One boy made an off the wall comment and this boy started writing some things down and one of the school officials did actually retrieve this list, and couple names on it, and this boy had no real problems with these people," Dirker said.

Funny how 75% of the High School Kids do NOT want to attend class on Monday.
Why are they so afraid of something that never existed??????

Richard- Did you hire a polling firm to gather your data? Actually, on any given day, probably 50% of the kids would rather be sleeping. So you may not be far off. But your comment feeds the drama.

I attend this school as a ninth grader and i actually sit next to this student in first period... There are actually alot of students saying that they are staying home because this student does have a record of being violent. Supposedly thought they expelled him on friday and he will not be returning.

I don't live in Stow. I, like millions of other Americans, watched the news out of Newtown, CT with horror and broken hearts.

I wonder what would have constituted a "tangible hit list" in the obsequious mind of Dr. Jones. Did it have to be in Power Point and an Excel spreadsheet to make it "tangible"?

Is CPS being brought in on this case? If the student is a minor, I would presume so.

Have any gun permits been issued to the family? What's this kid's online presence like? Is he known to have been cruel to small animals? Is he a loner? Does he self-medicate? The school may have the right to suspend him from the premises, but SMF will be required to provide him with "out of school" services.

We had one of these "problem" kids in my neighborhood. We got his landlord to evict him and his lowlife mother.

Know when to drive away evil.

No matter if the list is real or not, this situation needs to be taken seriously. The kid not only needs to be suspended, but not allowed back into any school ever again. He cannot be trusted....or if he is allowed in school or the community, he needs an adult escort at all times. He should never be left alone, he should not be allowed on the internet, and he should never be out of adult supervision until he is 21 years old. Adult supervision 24 hours a day. If adult supervision cannot be provided, he needs to be locked up until supervision can be provided.