High school put on lock-down due to play prop. A 14-year old boy was bringing a play prop to school - a fake Civil War musket made of broomsticks painted black when he was spotted by a parent. Half an hour later, the police had found and confiscated the play prop and the kid who brought it to school had been sent home until school officials decide if he can return to class.

"It could be he simply did not know he wasn't allowed to do this," Campbell (school district spokesman) said. "There will be a lot of questions asked to determine what will happen to this student."

Not allowed to do what?! Bring a prop to school?

Its not the first time something like this has happened to a student either. In Nov of 2002, a student was suspended for carrying a plastic prop gun while taking a bathroom break from play rehearsal. The 'gun' had been issued to him by the school for his role as a police officer in the school play. via [Taranto]

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