Black student punished by school for reporting what she mistakenly thought was a shooting plot

When an 8th grader in Texas Lewisville Independent School District overheard a boy tell another classmate, “Don’t come to school tomorrow," she didn't think much of it at first. But as the day went on the words began to sound more sinister as she replayed them in her head, and she decided he needed to tell someone.
As The Dallas Morning News reports, the girl, who is Black, messaged her friends about the boy's words, saying, “this is genuinely scaring the sh– out of me."
As word of what she heard got back to the assistant principal, it was determined that the girl, who is Black, made a false accusation about school safety and she would be suspended for three days followed by 73 days — the rest of eighth-grade — in an alternative school.
"At a time when schools, and children, are told to stay vigilant to prevent the next shooting, Lewisville ISD’s response exposed the Black eighth-grader to a level of harsh discipline that research shows has a disproportionate impact on children of color and potentially devastating effects as students navigate the beginning of their lives," The Morning News' report stated.
Black student punished by school for reporting what she mistakenly thought was a shooting plot