Students suspended for making a list of people to kill

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Overland Park, Kansas – A list of names got some Johnson County Middle School students suspended, but according to police, there wasn’t any crime.

Six Overland Park students who go to Indian Woods Middle School were suspended for ten days accused of making a list of people they’d kill if murder were legal.

According to police, the students involved never made any actual threats. Police said the kids just makes a list.

“Kids do stupid things, so if you make a list of something, that was dumb,” said Alex Karanevich, high school student. “Letting administrators find it was dumber.”

FOX 4 talked to some high school students, who graduated from Indian Woods, and said they’re surprised to hear about the list, but not the punishment.

“I could go for a suspension for making a list of who you’d like to kill,” said Jordan Boucher, Indian Woods graduate.

The five girls and one boy accused of making the list were suspended for at least ten days.

“I think that’s a little overdrawn, ten days,” said Josh Hartman of Leawood, Kan.

Hartman, 19, said there’s got to be more to the story.

“It could just be a couple of girls or guy upset at friends, or someone not being chosen to hang out,” said Hartman.

Police said school administrators found the list on October 13.

“I understand the threat and the feeling that schools have to prepare and be cautious about everything that’s going on,” said Hartman.

Hartman was talking about the wave of school shootings across the country this fall in Joplin, Missouri, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

But, since police said nothing criminal happened at Indian Woods, the students we talked to list suspension as the best punishment.

This story was found on MyFoxKC.com

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