Rumors and reports of guns in and around Broughton High School brought the historic Raleigh campus to a standstill right before Halloween.
A Broughton freshman was found with a loaded handgun near campus on Oct. 28, triggering an increased police presence that day as well as on Oct. 29, when a false report of an active shooter sent the school into a lockdown. School leaders say a message needs to be sent by taking the rare step of expelling the freshman who had the gun.
“We cannot afford to begin making exceptions for these infractions or we compromise the very fabric of our schools and the immense steps we are all taking to provide safe secure environments for all of our children so they do not have to fear a loaded firearm while they’re on campus,” Broughton Principal Janiece Dilts said at a November school hearing…