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October 26, 2006
Expelled
The Bucksport two are no longer students of a public high school.
BUCKSPORT - Some students and parents of children attending Bucksport High School are relieved with the expulsion of two 17-year-old boys who created a graphically violent CD depicting a shooting spree at the high school.Overly harsh? You be the judge.But there are still lingering concerns that supporters of the two students might take some action in reaction to the decision.
"It’s not just these boys," said one mother. "They’re wondering who’s going to step up and do something. My daughter is scared to death to go to school."
The Bucksport School Committee deliberated several hours in executive session Tuesday night before taking separate votes to expel each student for his role in creating the CD. The committee members deliberated for almost two hours over the fate of the first student and almost three hours on the second student.
Both decisions were unanimous.
Although the song does not include any specific names, the lyrics start off referring to killing the principal and the vice principal. The song is laced with vulgarities and includes detailed references to shooting teachers and students. It refers to "the Columbine kids" and being "soaked in the blood of my fellow classmates."Classy. I think the school did what it had to do, given the history of school shootings. After the Columbine shootings, the major question the community asked of itself was 'why didn't we see the signs?' I believe Bucksport did, and I hope the community can find a way to help the kids involved.Near the end, the singers threaten to burn the school down with the lyrics:
"F--- everything here, I’ll never return; put their bodies in the gym and let the motherf---er burn."
Posted by slublog at October 26, 2006 08:44 AM
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