Middle school student expelled over shooting threat alert; judge reverses decision

A judge reversed the expulsion of a Cobb County middle school student who warned his peers about a school shooting threat.

The student, referred to as G.D. to protect his identity, was 13 years old at the time and has autism. He texted two friends about a threat he believed was real, which led to a lockdown at Campbell Middle School.

Attorney Claire Sherburne from the Southern Poverty Law Center, who represented G.D., told Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell that the student was afraid and believed the threat to be real…

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