Posted on 11/18/2007 6:33:14 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
PHOENIX - The family of a teenage skeet shooter is complaining that school officials overreacted by suspending the girl for inadvertently leaving two unopened boxes of shotgun shells in her car when she drove to school. High school senior Kim Peters said she fears the punishment will cloud her permanent record as she applies to colleges. Her family is fighting the Dysart Unified School District to get the offense, possession of a "dangerous instrument," expunged. Administrators stand by their decision and rejected the family's first appeal. "We can never comment on a specific situation with a student (due to privacy laws), but what I can say is that whenever we are dealing with any infraction . . . our duties involve keeping students in a safe and secure environment," Dysart Superintendent Gail Pletnick said. Peters, 17, called her own actions "careless" but said she doesn't feel the punishment fits the crime. Peters, who has won several skeet-shooting trophies, said her 12-hour-a-week practice schedule got so hectic that she forgot to take the ammunition out of her vehicle as she was running late for school last week. There was no gun. Willow Canyon High School administrators disciplined Peters after a security guard noticed the shells in the back seat of Peters' car. She is scheduled to return to school Tuesday.
Yeah. I was going to post something too but....what was this thread about? BRB :)
Oh yeah. Stupid rules but if the rest must obey them, the elite should too.
In fact, it’s an outrageous, sham of an atrocity, as well as an affront of an abuse of power.
I have NO clue. Never shot a gun in my life. “Bout time I learned though.
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FREAKIN’ MIND?????????
Go get thee hence to a range!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL........I go to bed without locking my door, too.
You definately need a gun then:’)
LOL.....the last one in does lock up, I am usually first to bed though.
Bridget Pauletich-Otterman
Charles Otterman
William Lipscomb
Mike Planeta
Christine A. K. Pritchard
The Dysart School District’s Governing Board welcomes the public, including all school staff, parents, and community members, to its meetings.
Regular meetings are held on Wednesday evenings beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the governing board room of the Dysart Education Center, 15802 North Parkview Place in Surprise. Study sessions are also held as needed for the purpose of studying one or more specific issues in depth. No action is taken during a study session. Occasionally, a special meeting is held to handle specific Board business. Executive sessions are also scheduled periodically for discussion of confidential matters, which include personnel, legal matters, and “meet and confer” items. An executive session is closed to the public, but official action on executive session items is taken during regular Board meetings.
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Yep.
If I went to the school in this article I'll guarantee that I'd have some shotgun shell boxes visible in my car. Maybe empty but who would know. I'd probably manage to pack a small lunch in one. Could be fun.
Too bad she wasn’t a terrorist. They’d have waved her thru.
I know I posted this in extended news twice.
I know it got pulled once.
But, it no longer resides in the extended news sidebar.
Crying foul.
I will ping everybody to it.
Thanks.
Or find a school with a skeet team and use title IX to get a scholarship.
ping
Walmart leaves shotgun shells out on the shelves - doesn’t sound like they consider them too dangerous.
What, exactly, makes shotgun shells dangerous without a shotgun? Was she going to build a fire and toss them in??
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