School Officials Reject Appeal By Family Of Boy Suspended For Chewing Poptart Into Shape Of Gun

Washington Post
Oct. 18, 2014

School officials in Anne Arundel County rejected an appeal filed by the family of a boy suspended after he chewed his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun, according to a decision the family’s lawyer received Wednesday.

The Anne Arundel County Board of Education wrote in an Oct. 9 opinion that staff members at Park Elementary School “acted reasonably and properly” in addressing the disruption caused by the boy — then 7 years old — given the student’s history of misbehavior.

The school incident, which dates back to Mar. 1, 2013, attracted national attention as the so-called “Pop-Tart case.” It came as gun sensitivities were high, following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

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