Insane.
Via Daily Wire:
A student in the Iola, Texas, Independent School District (ISD) was searched after he posted a 4-year-old photo of himself shooting a handgun with an adult present.
The male student had posted the photo on Facebook and the caption included the word “school,” so two other students reported the photo. The student who posted the photo was questioned and searched.
Seemingly aware of how absurd the situation was, Iola ISD Superintendent Scott Martindale told KBTX-TV3 that “It took us five minutes to handle this situation and handle it appropriately.”
The search was conducted because the post that included the photo contained the word “school,” even though, as Martindale said, “It did not threaten the school whatsoever it just mentioned the school.”
Still, jumpy institutions look into every instance. The photo was from when the student was 9 years old. It showed him holding a pistol with an adult. The two were shooting in the country, according to KBTX.
The search of the student occurred on the second day of school. Martindale said they spoke to the student “before school started” and that by “7:55 the elementary principal tracked that student down that had the posting.”