Student punished for bringing water gun to school

PORTSMOUTH, Va. –  A second grade student in Portsmouth, Virginia is facing a harsh punishment after bringing a toy water gun to school.

Josiah Green,7, was suspended for ten days in May after he was caught with both a water gun and a Nerf gun in class. The school board said that it is now mulling expulsion for the child.

"I was emotional and shocked. I understand that he's suspended, but now you're throwing that he could be expelled on the table," said the boy's mother, Audreyann Davis.

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Davis says she blames herself for not checking his bag more closely, but that she feels the sentence outweighs the transgression.

"He's small and he made a mistake," Davis said. "He didn't know what he was doing. He doesn't even understand what's going on and why he can't bring this toy guns to school."

The Portsmouth School Board will take up the issue during a hearing Thursday.

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