CLEVELAND — A gun was found on a student at an elementary school in Ohio on Monday morning, according to our CBS affiliate WOIO-19.
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The incident happened at Riverside School, in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), on Montrose Avenue.
Students from pre-K to eighth grade attend this school.
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The school’s principal, Heather Kama-Starr, told WOIO-19 that a staff member found the weapon as the student was heading into the building.
The gun was confiscated at that time.
Kama-Starr said they are taking steps to prevent this from happening again.
No one was injured in this incident, according to our CBS affiliate.
“As the building principal, it is my responsibility to ensure that our scholars are provided with a safe place that is conducive to learning and that their social-emotional learning is protected and uninterrupted,” Kama-Starr wrote in a letter to parents.
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