I've been away but have received three calls on my machine from CityNews...including the author of the article and the Editor!
Heads up on the followup Story came from the editor today:
http://www.citynews.org/zanoza106.html
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>School makes Informal Apology
to Parents of Suspended
7-Year-Old
By City News writer Dan Zanoza
(55 seconds)
TINLEY PARK, ILLINOIS, October
19, 1999 (CN)—The parents of a
7-year-old who was suspended
from Memorial Elementary School
in Tinley Park for bringing a spent
shell casing to class told City News
USA the school’s principal gave
them a verbal apology last week.
The 7-year-old was suspended for
two days. The child found the
spent shell casing on property
owned by School District 146, of
which Memorial Elementary School
is a part. The school district
reportedly gave permission to the
Illinois State Police Tactical
Response Team to conduct a
mock drug raid on the property.
A total of nine shell casings, two of
which were intact rounds, were
found in an abandoned home at
18222 South Oak Park Avenue in
Tinley Park.
The 7-year-old’s father told City
News USA, "The principal
apologized for perhaps being too
hasty in his evaluation of the
incident. But he also said my
child’s suspension would stand,
even though it would be stricken
from the record after the current
school year."
The Illinois State Police are
currently investigating the incident.
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contact:
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Telephone: 630-848-0750
Fax: 630-848-0752
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