A Florida mom has been charged with two felonies after allegedly sending her young child to school with a firearm.
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During the first week of classes at Coppergate Elementary School, also known as Coppergate School of the Arts, officials found a gun in a student’s backpack, according to a news release from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO).
Upon arriving at the Middleburg-based school on Wednesday, Aug. 13, the student “discovered” the weapon in their bag, the CCSO said. They then “told their teacher,” who alerted school officials and the sheriff’s office, which was quick to alert the community to the situation.
“All children are safe,” Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook wrote in a Facebook post shared early that morning.
The notification came as the school was placed in what the CCSO called “secure status,” meaning educators could “continue instructing while preventing anyone to leave or enter school grounds,” the sheriff’s office said. The gun, meanwhile, was confiscated by CCSO deputies.
