Post by hypo on Oct 19, 2006 20:39:14 GMT -5
HA HA! Did anyone see this?
WSOC reported the son of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education member known for his tough stance on behavioral problems is in trouble for an incident at school.
Nicholas Gauvreau, 16, is the son of Larry Gauvreau, who was elected to the board in 2001. During his tenure discipline has been one of his key issues. His campaign Web site even refers to expelling hoodlums and thugs.
Now Nicholas Gauvreau has been suspended and cited for trespassing at one Charlotte-Mecklenburg school.
Police say Gauvreau was one of four students from Hopewell High School caught on the campus of North Mecklenburg High School. They say the Hopewell students heard there was going to be a fight at North Mecklenburg.
Lt. Barry Graham of the Huntersville Police Department says administrators noticed the four, and students from other schools are not allowed on campus without permission.
"School safety, for this exact reason. You don't want students to have a rivalry, have a fight in the parking lot," he said.
After the school resource officer searched the students' cars he cited two with possession of weapons on school property and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they found a weapon that had multiple knife blades; also, the paraphernalia had marijuana residue on it.
All four were cited with trespassing, including Gauvreau.
On Thursday a school board member who has written a book on parenting weighed in on the case.
"They say that this is the most worldly generation of young people coming out of high school, going onto the college campus, but what they're very poor at is decision-making and it shows up in these kinds of situations," said Kaye McGarry, school board at-large member.
Larry Gauvreau admitted his son was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he has already appealed the decision to suspend the teen. He said he wants to keep the matter private, just between him and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
The school system refused to comment on the incident because it is a matter of student discipline.
WSOC reported the son of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education member known for his tough stance on behavioral problems is in trouble for an incident at school.
Nicholas Gauvreau, 16, is the son of Larry Gauvreau, who was elected to the board in 2001. During his tenure discipline has been one of his key issues. His campaign Web site even refers to expelling hoodlums and thugs.
Now Nicholas Gauvreau has been suspended and cited for trespassing at one Charlotte-Mecklenburg school.
Police say Gauvreau was one of four students from Hopewell High School caught on the campus of North Mecklenburg High School. They say the Hopewell students heard there was going to be a fight at North Mecklenburg.
Lt. Barry Graham of the Huntersville Police Department says administrators noticed the four, and students from other schools are not allowed on campus without permission.
"School safety, for this exact reason. You don't want students to have a rivalry, have a fight in the parking lot," he said.
After the school resource officer searched the students' cars he cited two with possession of weapons on school property and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they found a weapon that had multiple knife blades; also, the paraphernalia had marijuana residue on it.
All four were cited with trespassing, including Gauvreau.
On Thursday a school board member who has written a book on parenting weighed in on the case.
"They say that this is the most worldly generation of young people coming out of high school, going onto the college campus, but what they're very poor at is decision-making and it shows up in these kinds of situations," said Kaye McGarry, school board at-large member.
Larry Gauvreau admitted his son was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he has already appealed the decision to suspend the teen. He said he wants to keep the matter private, just between him and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
The school system refused to comment on the incident because it is a matter of student discipline.
