MORAINE — UPDATE@5:54 p.m.
All students at the Education Service Center have physical or behavioral disabilities, said Frank DePalma, superintendent for the Educational Service Center. The Moraine school serves sixth grades through 22-year-olds, he said.
Teachers at the school became aware of the gun Monday morning when they heard students talking about it as they got off the bus, DePalma said. Teachers immediately confiscated the student’s backpack, where the gun was, so it was never taken into the building, the superintendent said.
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The state does not allow the school to expel students. The most they can do is suspend them for several days, DePalma said. School officials are waiting for the results of the police investigation before discipline the student for bringing the gun to school, he said.
“There is no good motive to bring a gun to a school,” DePalma said, noting that he’s pleased that the school’s safety protocol worked.
UPDATE @ 5:23 p.m.
The Superintendent for the Education Service Center in Moraine said the school works with students with physical or behaviorial disabilities from grade 6 through students age 22.
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Frank DePalma said this morning students were getting off the bus when teachers heard them talking about a gun. The student’s backpack was confiscated and the gun was never brough in to the building.
DePalma said the school is waiting for the police investigation to determine discipline for the student with the gun.
The state does not allow ECS to expel students, only to suspend students for several days.
DePalma is pleased the school’s safety protocol worked Monday morning.
FIRST REPORT
A loaded handgun was recovered from a 12-year-old male student at the Montgomery County Learning Center in Moraine this morning, according to Moraine police.
The incident was reported around 8 a.m. and no injuries were reported, police said.
Officers responded to the school on Kettering Boulevard after becoming aware of the incident, Sgt. Jon Spencer with the Moraine Police said.
According to Spencer, the student was taken into custody and the weapon was recovered by staff members.
Police said the student was allegedly carrying the loaded weapon in his backpack when it was discovered.
A motive for why the weapon was brought to school is still under investigation, Spencer said.
Staff members were notified of the weapon, which prompted the investigation, Spencer said.
The student was transported to the juvenile detention center and could face charges of a CCW violation, illegal conveyance of a weapon and inducing panic, Spencer said.
