NC School administrators arbitrarily ban students from shotgun competition

[Roy Hill]

These folks need to hear what wonderful jobs they're doing as public school administrators.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/wake/story/1030367.html

ZEBULON - For Robert Lumley, the decision to bar his East Wake High School club marksmanship team from a statewide shooting tournament was as arresting as a shotgun blast.

Less than a day before the March 15 district round of the decades-old N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission competition, one of East Wake's principals, with the support of the area superintendent who oversees that school, stopped the team from participating.

The reason: Ammo and students don't mix, the school officials said.

Like districts across the nation, Wake County bans deadly weapons from campuses and prohibits students from carrying them on school trips. But the decision to bar the East Wake team from the tournament extends that prohibition to students participating in an off-campus event sponsored by a state agency and supervised by adults certified in firearms safety.

That call pits school policy against state law that allows firearms education at schools. The decision also runs counter to the efforts of wildlife agencies, hunting organizations and gun groups to recruit youths to replenish the dwindling number of hunters. It also underscores the tension between the fear of school massacres and the traditions of rural Wake, where hunting is still common.


There's a couple of pages of story at the link

[Roy Hill]

Didn't realize it was a duplicate.

Please delete or merge.

[DDMac]

Although I can't find the original string, and credit due will not be afforded to the DRTV forum, you need to know the fruits of your labors is sweet indeed.///////////////

"Grass Roots North Carolina, P.O. Box 10684, Raleigh, NC 27605

919-664-8565, www.grnc.org, GRNC Alert Hotline: (919) 562-4137

GRNC Update 05-02-08:

Wake County Schools Comes To Their Senses

The Raleigh News and Observer is reporting that: "After a few days in
the sights of pro-gun groups nationwide, the Wake County school board
is taking the first steps to revise a policy designed to ban deadly
weapons on campuses that was used to bar an East Wake High School
marksmanship team from a state-supported shooting tournament."

They have felt the heat and therefore have seen the light. Thanks to
the great job of citizens like you, the Wake County school board has
thought better of its actions barring an East Wake High School
shooting club from competing in a decades old marksmanship tournament
sponsored by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Please take time to let them know that this sane response is the
right one.

ACTION DESIRED

* Contact Wake County School Board Members: All members may be
contacted at once by going to this link:
http://www.wcpss.net/Board/contact/. Thank them for a rational
response."//////////////////

From an NC boy, thanks to the DRTV forum members who answered the call, and well done.
Mac.