Teen kicked off campus after lunch box mix-up

WTVD:

A 17-year-old honor student says she has been kicked off campus for the rest of the school year, because of a mix-up with her lunch box.

In October, senior Ashley Smithwick says she got in trouble at school for the first time in her life after she mistakenly took her father's lunch container -- that's identical to hers -- to Southern Lee High School.

Her dad's container had a three-inch paring knife inside.

"And I had just grabbed my dad's lunch box," Smithwick said. "I didn't mean to. I really didn't. I just grabbed it and went out the door."

School leaders say during that day a faculty member discovered a student with marijuana on campus and Smithwick's paring knife was found during a random search.

According to a written statement received by ABC11 from Lee County Schools Superintendent Jeff Moss on Wednesday, the knife was found in Smithwick's purse, not her lunchbox.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 31, 2010 3:34 AM
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