I have watched the news every night and it seems too often that a gun and school go hand in hand. We teach our children lessons that we hope will follow them all their life, but the outside world dosen’t always teach what we teach. They are influenced by evil as well as good. We think this will not happen in our home. It can. A child makes a mistake and shold be punished so he can learn. This child could be yours or mine. He should be punished and is. He will learn. But do you think that your child is above this? Would you want your child to be able to learn from this and be a better person? I am not trying to downgrade the seriosness of what he did but I would like him to know that if you are down and you are trying to get up I will not try to keep you down but I will help you up. After all isn’t that what we are suppose to do. How can we teach our children to be a better person if we’re not ourselves.

I agree with you inthesystem and i also agree with BH. I’m not here to judge this kid. It’s not my place. I am simply voicing my concerns as a parent on the issue of guns in school not against the child inparicular. There simply is no excuse for a gun in school period and maybe the media did not get all the facts correct, but the fact is there was a gun brought to school by a student. That is a fact and that is what i’m voicing my concerns about. It is my right as a citizen of the United States of America and I will exercise my right. I think we as parents need to be concerned with the well being of our children. THEY ARE OUR FUTURE. And if this child meant no harm and he was just trying to “show off” I’m sure by now, he has learned his lesson. And I wish nothing but the best for him.

Random comments:  when you cap all your words it means you are screaming on the computer.....concern? In regards to a comment made about this blue ribbon school and the down play of events.........is it possible that you are unaware of many events in our county schools? I believe eveything done at this school is under the microscope whether negative or positive. The media chooses to report what they desire , and the school system has a say in it.  The child made a mistake that is obvious, the regret and consequences are there , obviously. What we as a community need to take responsibility for is WHY our children are so stressed, so angry, so misguided that they feel the need to lash out for attention. Maybe, when we direct the attention at our damaged society and the parenting that is sometimes NOT taking place that we will be able to solve some problems.

Concerned parent wake up… he was no danger to anyone?????????????????????????????????????????? I guess people are not considered a danger to anyone unless someone gets shot give me a FREAKIN break!

I’m sure that the child is sorry for his actions and yes he maybe a good kid, I’m not commenting to sabatage one child for his actions. I am a mother and it irritates me that it seems everytime I turn on the news there’s a new story involving a gun at school.  As a parent it’s very unsettling, especially when it’s close at home. My comments are not meant towards the child inparticular, but to the matter at hand. The matter at hand is there was a gun brought to school and it bothers me to see people making excuses for that. I feel thats why our society is the way it is. There is no excuse for bring a gun to school and if we are lenient on one student because he was trying to “show it off”, then what happens next time when a student brings a gun to school and does mean harm to fellow students. And to put pensil sharpeners, hole puncher, and scissors in the same category as a gun.....come on people.....get a grip. How many stories ahave you heard involving a deadly hole puncher at school!