Colorado Springs, Colorado: 12-year-old suspended over toy gun seen in virtual class

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    12-year-old suspended in Colorado over toy gun seen in virtual class

    A 12-year-old boy has been suspended for having a toy gun he never brought to school. Isaiah Elliott attends Grand Mountain, a K-8 grade school south of Colorado Springs. In late August, the seventh grader was attending an online art class when a teacher saw Isaiah flash a toy gun across his computer screen. The toy in question is a neon green and black handgun with an orange tip with the words “Zombie Hunter” printed on the side. The teacher notified the school principal who suspended Isaiah for five days and called the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office to conduct ...


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    Body-worn camera footage of student suspended over toy gun in virtual class released

    A Southern Colorado school district has faced backlash after a student was suspended following a virtual class, where he was seen with a toy gun. On Thursday, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office released body-worn camera footage from the school resource officer who responded. In the video, it is noted that the teacher who made the report was unsure whether it was a toy gun or a real weapon. Isaiah Elliott's mother said they have been asking to see this video for weeks, and are upset it was released without their knowledge. Isaiah has ADHD, and said he did not ...


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    Sheriff’s Office releases footage after student in Widefield suspended for playing with toy gun

    The El Paso County Sheriff's Office on Thursday released footage of a student in an online class playing with what a teacher said was a toy gun — an image that led to the 12-year-old being suspended from his school southeast of Colorado Springs last month. The seventh-grader, who attended Grand Mountain School in Widefield School District #3, was suspended for five days after his teacher reported that he was “waiving around a toy gun” during an online art class, according to an Aug. 27 report from the Sheriff’s Office. His classmate, who was with him at the time, was ...


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