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Vt. student may face expulsion over rifle found in car

A senior at Essex High School was suspended and will be expelled for possession of a firearm. The student cooperated with school officials who had been tipped off by two anonymous students.

Lieutenant Brad LaRose said the student told police he did not intend to bring the rifle into school or use it during school hours. No ammunition was found in the student’s vehicle.

“The student was extremely cooperative right from the start,” LaRose said. “He said he uses it after school for target practicing out in the woods.”

Under Vermont law, possession of a weapon inside a school building is a crime, but bringing a weapon onto school property outside a building is a crime only if there is intent to injure others.

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School board takes aim at weapons policy

St.Johnsbury school board directors are cautiously embracing an expansive zero tolerance policy for weapons. Although several board members are leery of the policy it is being constructed on more or less traditional ZT lines.

Weapons are defined as “any weapon, whether loaded or unloaded, which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive.”
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If a student is caught with a gun or other form of weapon, they will be expelled for the year, if they don’t achieve exemption status, according to the proposed policy/procedure.

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