Kindergartner Accused Of Knife Threat In Joliet
Plainfield School Board To Meet On Case
(AP) PLAINFIELD, Ill. The Plainfield School Board will be meeting Monday night to discuss the case of a kindergarten student accused of threatening another student with a penknife at Charles Reed Elementary School in Joliet.
The boy hasn't been in school since the incident occurred nearly two weeks ago. According to state law, he could be expelled for as long as two years, but the board could opt to send him to an alternative school.
Principal Joan Woolwine says that on Dec. 5, the boy brought a small penknife to school, opened the knife and used threatening language to another student while holding the open knife. A third student received a very minor cut from touching the knife blade.
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