Bad Education: Identity Theft and Eyebrow Shavers

Dangerous Eyebrow Shaver

A Pittsburgh-area school board has upheld the expulsion of a 15-year-old middle school student who was found to have an eyebrow shaver in her handbag during a random search. The Penn Hills School Board on Tuesday voted 8-1 to uphold the expulsion recommended last month by officials at Linton Middle School.

The student will be prohibited from attending the school for the rest of the year, and an additional 45 days next year. The student will be eligible for in-home instruction and other alternatives.

School officials determined the eyebrow shaver could be used as a razor-type weapon. When the school board examined the eyebrow shaver in question, one of the board members cut her finger and had to get stitches.