Wow and we brought our fathers hunting rifles to show and tell in the 70's LOL...

Dumb, dumb, dumb kids.

"Released to a grandparent". Where are the parents?? I think the boy needs counseling and help. What a shame. I think he needs intensive counseling, and the parents should be thoroughly investigated. Methinks they are possibly on drugs.
Disgusting. Such scum.

Craftiestwolf : no we can't bring hunting rifles to school now like in the 70s. You need to “evolve your thinking” become more open minded/progressive!!!
Haven't you read the latest polls/media sound bites so you can repeat the proper propaganda?

13 inch knife??... tell the kid to sit down. The resulting poke in the groin/back side will "get the point" across.

To solve this problem my committee has recommended the following

*Ban knives over 6 inches long.
*Ban on Rambo/real cool looking knives.
*Limit saw blades to 10teeth per inch. No one needs saw blades with 30+ teeth per inch. There are just too many saw blades (and other sharp poky things) at Lowes!

*Background checks for knife set owners.

*No knife sales at yard/garage sales.

*Knife safes and lock kits for all knives in households with children.

*Require knife owner insurance. (Tax payers shouldn't have to pay knife cuts.)

*Encourage vegetarian diet to eliminate need for knives all together. (Use can use hammers to break open fruits/nuts... until some hammers someone to death)

*Schedule knife attack drills in schools.

Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.
Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve neither liberty nor security.
--Benjamin Franklin

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DEV: A sad attempt on your part to bring levity to a situation that as a parent I find little humor in. As a parent I do not relish the idea of a student bringing a weapon into the school regardless of his stated intentions. The only item I can glean from his admission is his ability to think quickly on his feet and develop a story to cause himself the least amount of discomfort. I have no way of knowing his true intentions just as you have no way of knowing this. It is a serious situation to bring a weapon into the school and your bullet points on actions recommended from your “committee” while I am sure are stated in jest, do nothing more than minimalize the seriousness of the situation. It is also important to mention your proclivity to denote “sound bites” and “propaganda,” when addressing another person’s post as your use of quoting Benjamin Franklin is taken completely out of historical context and has little to do with school age children.

none of u know the real situation at all and do not know what occurs at our high school. "mental help and therapy " linda? do u know the person who got introuble even know his name yet u feel u can run ur mouth and act like you know situations and keep up to date with our drama and stories lol thats too funny. this is my real homie who is going to face a felony and even expullsion simply because he wanted to make a couple dollars (keep in mind its better than dealing drugs) and his life in a sort will b ruined becuase of a snitch who probably didnt know why he had the knife eiither.. keep ur comments and judgement to yourself until you are credible and have any sort of knowledge towards out high schools situations smh

none of u know the real situation at all and do not know what occurs at our high school. "mental help and therapy " linda? do u know the person who got introuble even know his name yet u feel u can run ur mouth and act like you know situations and keep up to date with our drama and stories lol thats too funny. this is my real homie who is going to face a felony and even expullsion simply because he wanted to make a couple dollars (keep in mind its better than dealing drugs) and his life in a sort will b ruined becuase of a snitch who probably didnt know why he had the knife eiither.. keep ur comments and judgement to yourself until you are credible and have any sort of knowledge towards out high schools situations smh

exactly no intention to harm or even need for protection but only to sell it to someone for money but snitches be snitchin

Linda, I have to agree with John John on this one. Many of our students in Stow live with and are under the custody of their grandparents. Seems odd to judge someone based on that. Kids make dumb mistakes, this being one of them. And, as we have seen, they end up paying the price, which makes me wish more kids would just use their noggins! Can I just say THANK YOU to all of our administrators within the district that have to deal with this day in and day out??? They definitely don't get enough credit.

You all have no idea what the actual situation was. This kid, my friend had no intentions to cause any harm to anyone. It's just this post Columbine world we live in you're all too paranoid. Expulsion for this was certainly not neccercary. A week/ two week suspension would have sufficed.

And also, this article wouldn't even exist if one kid would have just kept his mouth shut. No one would would have gotten hurt. Everything would have been fine

John John & Chris Chris: As it is in fact against school policy as well as the law to have a weapon on school property then his intentions are a moot point unless it may be demonstrated that he didn’t know or had cause not to know the school policies and the law. Sure, “snitches be snitchen” and the person who turned him in must have violated some code of honor rooted in some timeworn draconian code book, but that same person is not the one who broke the rules and the law and should be held harmless from judgment. The person who brought in the knife is responsible for his own behavior and surely knew he was breaking a school policy and possibly should have known he was breaking the law. I am sure there were and are many other places he could have made this transaction other than the school so he made a bad choice. If he is of character as you have explained, then his life should not be ruined over his lapse in judgment and leniency on the part of the judge and the school should be in order I would think. As to paranoia, it is the burden we as parents bear when we entrust the safety of our children to others. One day you may learn this.