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A parent called Bill Gavaghan, principal of Craig Middle School in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township is a school district in northeast Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana. It covers an area of 48 square miles and in 2005 had a student enrollment of 16,218.  in Indianapolis, Ind., to report his 6th-grade son was assaulted by another student in the school's band room after a concert. His choice of weapon in the alleged attack was a saxophone saxophone, musical instrument invented in the 1840s by Adolphe Sax. Although it uses the single reed of the clarinet family, it has a conical tube and is made of metal. .

Gavaghan admitted he had a hard time keeping a straight face when the next day he had to tell the offending of·fend  
v. of·fend·ed, of·fend·ing, of·fends

v.tr.
1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in.

2.
 student that when you swing your saxophone and lunge at another student, the instrument becomes a weapon.

The student was suspended sus·pend  
v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends

v.tr.
1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school.
 for three days and told by Gavaghan not to pack his "weapon" at school again.
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