The students Mother Nedra Miller told the Tampa Bay Times that she let River Ridge High School officials know weeks in advance that her son had an orthodontist appointment, giving him permission to leave the grounds.
Did the student not properly sign himself out? Should the school have issued him a note? There's way too many question here for sure. The police dept has opened it's own investigation to the matter with the officer.
In the meantime the student has been made leave the school and go to another.
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