Some parents in Kentucky are fuming after a teenager accused of authoring a “kill list” was allowed to return to school.
The 14-year-old student is set to attend Conner High School after he was expelled from middle school in eighth grade for threatening classmates, including the principal’s son, according to a report.
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A large crowd of parents gathered to protest a recent Boone County School Board meeting following the district’s announcement that the student would be allowed to return to school.
“As a father of a child on the active kill list, my statements will reflect my opinions based on the information I received from Conner High School,” one parent said. “When I received a call from the principal, it was emotionally devastating. All I could think about was my child in danger when they did nothing wrong.”
“Whatever help he has gotten, he is still a threat to be in an environment which fostered him to want to do a mass shooting and make a list of our students of Conner Middle School that are now at Conner High School,” a mother of a student said.
The student who allegedly penned the kill list has not had his identity released, but the report did confirm that he was charged with second-degree terroristic threats in 2022 after a school resource officer was purportedly made aware of a notebook containing specific threats and a list of names.
The student told the officer he was “merely writing the thoughts down that were in his head,” police said.
Every child has a right to be educated in Kentucky, Superintendent Matthew Turner said in a statement.
“The safety of our students and staff is our greatest priority when making district decisions. We also partner in decision-making with experienced legal counsel,” Turner wrote.
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“With the assistance of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, our School Resource Officers, as well as the District Safety team, I can assure you all appropriate safety measures have been taken and are in place. Conner High School remains a safe school.”
