From the other thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3070578/posts?page=30#30
Looking at the actual letter (https://linmedia-cms.endplay.com/documents/234677/0/Principal%27s+response/f65e30ee-1e06-49a3-b212-30e18a55b6cb) from the school, we find the real reason:
In the course of the investigation, conducted in concert with a police officer and the school division Office of Safety and Loss Control, we identified the children who were firing pellet guns at each other and at people near the bus stop. Several students verified that they had been hit by pellets and had the marks to support their claims. In one instance, a child was only 10 feet from the bus stop and ran from the shots being fired but was still hit. Another student claimed to be shot in the back while running away during a previous incident Wednesday, Sept. 11. This child was also shot in the arm and head during Thursday’s incident
He wasn’t suspended for having an airsoft gun. He was suspended for assaulting other kids waiting for the school bus with it.
Pellet guns fire metal or lead pellets. Airsoft use only plastic BB's...
Big difference here.
And that, my friend, “is the rest of the story.”
An important piece of info many are overlooking.