If my son recently got caught with a paintball gun in his trunk and was expelled, is there wany way that we can fight it?
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If my son recently got caught with a paintball gun in his trunk and was expelled, is there wany way that we can fight it?
My son went paintballing with his friends the weekend before and left the paintball guns in his trunk. A kid after school took the gun out in the school parking ot and another student saw it and reported it. School administration searched my son’s car and confiscated the paintball guns. He was expelled the next day, meaning no return to his school, where he is currently a senior about to enroll in college.
Asked on December 1, 2010 under Business Law, Florida
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
Sounds like the school has a no tolerance policy and that they are not going to listen to reason here. Well, they may not listen to YOUR reason but they will listen to your attorney's reasons. Is paintball by any chance illegal in Florida? I did not think so. I think that it may be time for you to go and to speak with someone about having them challenge the expulsion. The grounds will be best known to an attorney in your area as per the law. But this is one fight that needs to be fought. Yes, he should not have brought them to school but he did not remove them on to school grounds. Good luck.
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