Girard school officials update info on small-caliber bullet

GIRARD — School superintendent David Cappuzzello said the small-caliber bullet, which was discovered Thursdy at Girard Intermediate School was likely brought to school accidentally.

“It went from a code red to OK let’s think about this,” Cappuzello said of the initial lock down.

He said the student, a fourth-grader, and his parents told school administrators the student and his father were at a construction site previously.

The student, Cappuzello said, found old bullets in the basement and placed them in his pocket and forgot about them. On Thursday, the bullet fell from his pants during breakfast at the school.

After the school went into lock down, the fourth-grader was honest with school officials and Girard police detectives, Cappuzello said.

“Nobody was the threatened,” Cappuzello said. “There was no gun.”

He said the school is still deciding whether there will be any reprimand.

“Everybody has this no-tolerance stance, but you have to use common sense,” he said.