Student Suspended after Using Toy Gun in Veterans Memorial Project

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By Web Staff
March 25, 2019US News
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Student Suspended after Using Toy Gun in Veterans Memorial Project
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CELINA, Ohio—Military veterans and students are upset over the suspension of a middle school student in Ohio whose class project creating a memorial to veterans included a toy gun.

About two dozen people in Celina in northwest Ohio protested the suspension earlier this week.

The Daily Standard reports eighth-grader Tyler Carlin made a replica of a battlefield cross that included a toy gun painted black.

An attorney for the boy says his teacher gave him permission to bring the project to school. And Carlin said he had permission to make a fallen soldier’s monument for history class but does not believe he asked permission to use a toy gun as part of the project.

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The attorney says Tyler was sent to the principal’s office when he carried the memorial into school and suspended for bringing something resembling a dangerous weapon to school.

The eighth-grader said when he submitted his memorial project, his project was confiscated and he was sent to the principal’s office.

The attorney who is representing the Carlin family, Travis Faber, says Carlin received a 3-day in-school suspension for disruption and bringing something to school resembling a dangerous weapon.

On March 20, a protest was held against the three-day suspension on Tyler Carlin, around 20 people stood in front of the middle school before school started, including veterans, students and concerned residents, they were seen carrying American flags and signs. In the afternoon they protested again in front of the high school building when students left school. Celina High School graduate Justin Leonard organized the protest in support of eighth-grader Tyler Carlin.

However, school board president Carl Huber said the topic was not open to discussion since school officials are legally barred from talking about student disciplinary actions. And school officials have declined to comment on the suspension, saying they would need permission from the boy’s family.

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