Student Sets Off Firecracker Inside Southern Middle
Principal Jason Dykstra posted a letter to parents on the school's AACPS website Tuesday discussing the incident.
UPDATE (3:40 p.m.)—A Southern Middle School student brought several firecrackers to school Tuesday and set one of them off inside a locker room, according to a letter posted on the school's website by principal Jason Dykstra. “This morning, one of our students brought firecrackers to school and sold two packs of them to fellow schoolmates. Later in the morning, the student who brought and sold the firecrackers lit one off in the boys locker room,” wrote Dykstra in the letter to parents that was posted on the Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ (AACPS) Southern Middle website. No one was injured during the incident and all students are safe, the principal added. In the letter, Dykstra explained that he was alerted about the incident and …
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Steve S.
1:16 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
There's been a great deal of discussion lately about keeping deadly weapons locked away from mentally ill children. Looks like the same should apply to firecrackers. Whatever human being considered it acceptable to bring firecrackers to school, sell some and detonate some, has a mental illness. Same goes for the human beings who purchased part of the inventory. more ›