“We do not comment on individual student records,” Vicki Bristol, a spokeswoman for the district, told WDSU. In Ka Mauri’s case, the problem started during a test in his social studies class on Sept. 11. Ka Mauri lives with four siblings in Harvey, La., on the south bank of the Mississippi River across from New Orleans. ADIn fact, Ka Mauri told The Advocate, one of his younger brothers had come into the room and knocked over the toy BB gun. School officials soon reached Ka Mauri’s parents by phone, who explained the weapon was an unloaded BB gun.

Source: Washington Post September 25, 2020 09:17 UTC