Hit Listers Expelled in Cabot
10 pupils in Cabot district expelled
Finding of ‘hit lists’ from 2 schools cited
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Cabot, Arkansas
The Cabot School Board has expelled 10 students accused by school officials of being involved in making "hit lists" with names of other students and teachers.
Expulsion normally bars a student from returning to school for a year. However, school officials granted eight of the 10 students "early review," which means they can meet with district officials and possibly return to school before a year is over, Superintendent Frank Holman said Tuesday.
The School Board decided May 17 to expel the students.
Cabot police previously said that a school bus driver on April 27 found a "hit list" compiled by three boys who attend Cabot Junior High School North. The list contained the names of about 12 boys, according to police.
The next day, school officials found a second list of names in the girls bathroom at the same school. This list, written by a girl, contained the names of about 30 girls, police said.
Police believe that the two lists were connected to an incident involving two boys who were found with prescription drugs on school grounds and that the students who made the lists blamed those named for the boys’ being caught.
On May 5, another list containing the names of 14 students and two teachers was turned in to the principal of Cabot Middle School North, police said. The middle school principal, Renee Calhoon, conducted handwriting comparisons and determined the identity of the three boys responsible, police said.
District officials suspended the students after they found the lists and met with the students and their parents, Holman said. On May 17, the district expelled six students who officials believed were involved in the first list and the girl who officials believed wrote the second list, Holman said. District officials also expelled three students who they believed were involved in the third list, Holman said.
The prosecuting attorney for Lonoke County has previously said she would file criminal charges based on a police investigation.
On May 17, Lona McCastlain, the 23rd Judicial District prosecutor, said:
"Yes, I am filing charges on the juveniles with the ‘hit lists’ in Cabot. I’ve only reviewed... the first two lists that were found. I have not seen the file on the other one. And that’s about all I can tell you; it’s juveniles. I’m not going to go into any other information on the juvenile case."
She could not be reached Tuesday for comment about charges.
This story was published Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Finding of ‘hit lists’ from 2 schools cited
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Cabot, Arkansas
The Cabot School Board has expelled 10 students accused by school officials of being involved in making "hit lists" with names of other students and teachers.
Expulsion normally bars a student from returning to school for a year. However, school officials granted eight of the 10 students "early review," which means they can meet with district officials and possibly return to school before a year is over, Superintendent Frank Holman said Tuesday.
The School Board decided May 17 to expel the students.
Cabot police previously said that a school bus driver on April 27 found a "hit list" compiled by three boys who attend Cabot Junior High School North. The list contained the names of about 12 boys, according to police.
The next day, school officials found a second list of names in the girls bathroom at the same school. This list, written by a girl, contained the names of about 30 girls, police said.
Police believe that the two lists were connected to an incident involving two boys who were found with prescription drugs on school grounds and that the students who made the lists blamed those named for the boys’ being caught.
On May 5, another list containing the names of 14 students and two teachers was turned in to the principal of Cabot Middle School North, police said. The middle school principal, Renee Calhoon, conducted handwriting comparisons and determined the identity of the three boys responsible, police said.
District officials suspended the students after they found the lists and met with the students and their parents, Holman said. On May 17, the district expelled six students who officials believed were involved in the first list and the girl who officials believed wrote the second list, Holman said. District officials also expelled three students who they believed were involved in the third list, Holman said.
The prosecuting attorney for Lonoke County has previously said she would file criminal charges based on a police investigation.
On May 17, Lona McCastlain, the 23rd Judicial District prosecutor, said:
"Yes, I am filing charges on the juveniles with the ‘hit lists’ in Cabot. I’ve only reviewed... the first two lists that were found. I have not seen the file on the other one. And that’s about all I can tell you; it’s juveniles. I’m not going to go into any other information on the juvenile case."
She could not be reached Tuesday for comment about charges.
This story was published Wednesday, May 25, 2005
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