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“Juvenile court is all about rehabilitation,” Kirby said, while emphasizing all such school incidents are taken seriously due to violence in schools around the country.
During the hearing, the boy told Kirby he brought the knife to school after another student tried to pick a fight with him and tripped him in the hall.
He will remain on house arrest while awaiting sentencing on the illegal conveyance of weapons into a school safety zone charge.
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He is serving a 45-day expulsion and attending through a program at the juvenile court complex in Lebanon.
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School officials reported finding multiple knives after students reported that they had either seen or heard about the knives.
No one was injured.
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