A Picture's Worth 5 Days
Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:00 PM by Countdown
Why did this pic get a 13-year-old kid 5 days in the hole (i.e. suspended from school?). Find out after the jump.
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Student Suspended For Drawing Gun
5-Day Suspension Cut To 3 Days
POSTED: 3:06 pm PDT August 21, 2007
QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. -- A 13-year-old student who drew a picture of a gun on his homework at Payne Junior High School in Queen Creek was initially suspended for at least five days, but his father was able to slash it to three days.
The Mosteller family moved to Chandler from Colorado Springs only four weeks ago, but it's not the kind of greeting Paula Mosteller said she was expecting.
Her 13-year-old son was suspended from school because he drew a picture of a gun on homework.
"My son is a very good boy," Mosteller said.
"He doesn't get into trouble. There was nothing on the paper that would signify that it was a threat of any form," she said.
The principal at Payne Junior High School kept the actual drawing.
The picture was enough to get him suspended, initially, for five days.
"He was just basically doodling and not thinking a lot about it," Mosteller said.
CBS 5 News tried to get more details from the Chandler Unified School District but were told, "Federal privacy law forbids the school or district from discussing student discipline."
"We're not advocates for guns," Mosteller said.
