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Preschooler Suspended for Having a Spent .22 Shell Casing

Collinsville, Illinois, resident Kristy Jackson’s four-year-old son, Hunter, was suspended from preschool for seven days. His offense? He secretly brought a spent .22-caliber shell casing to school and enjoys turning toys into imaginary guns.

When Jackson related her woes in a now-viral Facebook post, the preschool, A Place 2 Grow in Troy, Illinois, reported her to the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) in what she described to The New American as a “revenge move.”

Jackson reported in the Facebook post that, when she picked Hunter up from school on March 21, she was met by a “stone faced teacher” who told her that her son “brought a ‘shotgun bullet’ to school.” After being escorted to an office, Jackson was “handed a tiny .22 empty brass casing,” as she related on Facebook. She was also “handed a piece of paper. No words, just eyebrows raised in disgust at my son, explaining that his behavior warranted a 7 school day suspension. Which I still was expected to pay tuition for, of course. And a threat that if his enthusiasm for guns continued, he’d be permanently expelled.” Jackson was informed that “Hunter has been told that guns, hunting, etc., are not subjects that are to be discussed in school. He has been redirected to other activities when he has chosen to make guns out of other toys.”

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