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Aliyya Swaby
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ProPublica South reporter, focused on children, families and social inequality
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5/ I spent time with the student, now 13, at his home. He worries about being labeled a bad kid the longer this process stretches out.
A boy kneels, looking at the three-leaf clover in his hand, against a backdrop of green grass.
May 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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3/ One page includes a checklist of options for how the school could address their concerns about the 12-year-old, including advising his parents to secure any guns.

School officials opted for none of those.
A piece of paper with the title “School Options” includes a long list of empty check boxes. Only the check box for “Other” is marked with the handwritten phrase, “student was expelled.”
May 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM