<p>Okay, you've paid for 3 or 4 years of BS for your son. He's going to graduate in about a month. You're proud of him. No doubt he's going to go to a fine college.</p>
<p>And then this:</p>
<p>I'm tempted to say that the timing was bad, but it's like dying: there's never a good time for this.</p>
<p>Oy vey!</p>
<p>Anyone care to guess the outcome here? Anyone want to bet against expulsion?</p>
<p>Please tell me that somehow they are going to overlook this. Of course it will be reported to the prospective Colleges as a matter of protocol. I'm so sorry but, how does it currently stand. Wait, is this your son?</p>
<p>definitely suspended, maybe expelled</p>
<p>Nope...........after more thought..........expelled</p>
<p>he's going to get expelled. When these things get to the media, they can charge him for not upholding the school's name. It's that simple
tough luck. But when the entire media's on the Vtech shooting topic..it's just STUPID</p>
<p>@ bearcats: That's the thing...it's off-the-charts stupid -- or as you put it (in all caps), STUPID -- if he had done this a week ago. Once you hit a certain plateau of stupid, there's really no point in relativism, is there?</p>
<p>@ prepparent: OMG NOOOO!!! He is so not my son. And if he was I wouldn't say so.</p>
<p>There are two things that this raises...indirectly and perhaps only because my mind works hardest when it's off the beaten path:</p>
<p>FIRST, will parents be more reticent about sending off Junior to BS for fear that s/he could become a victim of a psychotic episode? (My guess is "no" partly because Americans have a short memory and partly because they'll feel secure that a good BS is a place where abnormal behaviors don't slip through the cracks.)</p>
<p>SECOND, will Boarding Schools be more reticent about accepting students who tend to be non-conformist or have even the slightest blemish on their record that would become, in hindsight, a smoking gun or red flag, etc.? (My guess is "yes" and in that vein more -- or all -- schools will ask applicants to disclose their mental health records as part of their applications. And I believe if there's pretty much ANYTHING on it, there will be a rejection letter in the mail.)</p>
<p>I bet he will be expelled, but I hope he isn't. That boy used some seriously bad judgement, but his whole life being seriously affected by some bad luck (let's face it--he's probably not the only kid at a prep school that has a pellet gun) is too much, in my opinion.</p>
<p>"Durrrrr."</p>
<p>Expelled, no question. Possibly able to finish his coursework through the mail and receive a "Certificate of Attendance" in June. The prep schools have all met this week to refine their emergency plans. Yes, they work together on these types of things, and share their written plans with each other (whether or not they share their waitlists, I couldn't tell you...)</p>
<p>One year ago, the S of a friend -- a single mom -- got brought up on charges for an attack on a teacher (a fairly mild incident, but an attack nonetheless). He was a senior. In public school. Had already been accepted at over 50% scholarship at a private college. His mom needed that money. Ow.</p>
<p>He got expelled. But he was able to attend an alternative program and got his degree. And the college didn't take any action besides having him complete a course on "anger management" -- or something of that nature. He also did a first-time offender deferral program so his record is now clean.</p>
<p>What a difference a year makes. I don't think that outcome falls into place this year like it did just a year ago.</p>
<p>Well, the unfortunate thing is that the kid is 18 years old, and therefore has his name in the news. So colleges can easily google him. (and they do!!!)</p>
<p>I think he should be expelled - no excuse for having the pellet gun - still a weapon in my book. Shooting at squirrels just makes it worse in my book - animal cruelty.</p>
<p>How did a bus driver see a gun being waved outside a window of Haskell House dorm?</p>
<p>I took a look at the map to be sure...and Haskell House isn't exactly right on top of Rt. 206. And if it was, that's still pretty darn good eyesight because a bus wouldn't be moving too slowly on Rt. 206.</p>
<p>And the other thing that's peculiar is that the bus driver called CAMPUS SECURITY, not the local police or 9-1-1.</p>
<p>It makes me wonder whether this was reported by someone on campus and not really a bus driver. None of this, of course, alters the stupidity involved in this. There are just some parts of that story that don't seem right to me.</p>
<p>Read the article carefully, D'yer. It never said the bus driver was on Rt 206. My guess, given that it happened on a Wednesday afternoon was that it was a bus driver either picking up or dropping off students for an athletic contest on the L'ville campus.</p>
<p>I'm sure fire arms, along with starting fires on campus are probably on the list of automatic expulsion offenses. </p>
<p>And either the kid has managed not to read the rule book in his time at the school, or hasn't figured out that it applies to him - my guess is that latter.</p>
<p>Are kids dorm rooms ever inspected? And if so, to what degree? I guess privacy issues would limit how much a room would be looked at. Just wondering if a more thorough inspection might deter such things a little more.</p>
<p>To quote the old SNL skit: Bye, Bye.</p>
<p>Incidentally, anybody here ever read The Lawrenceville Stories?
There's a great tale in there about expulsion.</p>
<p>@ goaliedad: I thought that, but that dorm isn't near the athletic facilities. And if he was seen from on campus...he would have had to have been aiming the gun into the main circle. (Which, yes, means that I'm attempting to ascribe a level of clear-headed thinking to a person without any basis for doing so.)</p>
<p>But if you're right, then I'm sure some guy who was driving a bus for Peddie or Blair (the two schools on campus for athletic events yesterday), is getting a well-earned day off tomorrow for a three-day weekend!</p>
<p>@ D'yer - I don't have a map. Perhaps the buses drive past the dorm on the way to a parking lot? Or perhaps they visitors were taking a victory lap (I haven't checked the scores) and somebody didn't like the taunting? But I don't think Blair or Peddie go by the "squirrels". Oooh... bad...</p>
<p>Any good bs will report the infraction to colleges. It is required</p>
<p>Depends on the way the school wrote their policy. In some states BB guns are not considered weapons at all. Stupid choice: yes.</p>
<p>Just checked in 1998 NJ wrote into law bb gun= firearm.</p>
<p>Expelled.</p>