Penn Hills Student Expelled Over Eyebrow Shaver (WPXI)

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PENN HILLS, Pa. -- It's not a gun or a knife, but an eyebrow shaver that had school officials in Penn Hills take action earlier this month.

A Linton Middle School teenager has been expelled after a random search turned up an eyebrow shaver in her handbag.

Officials at the Penn Hills school recommended at a Wednesday disciplinary hearing that 15-year-old Taylor Ray Jetter be expelled for the rest of this year and 45 days next year.

Jetter said she doesn't consider the eyebrow trimmer a weapon. She fears expulsion will hurt her chances of becoming a nurse-anesthetist. She's a Girl Scout and a member of the school's basketball team, choir and leadership team.
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The state's Safe School Act defines a weapon as any knife, cutting instrument, cutting tool, nun chuck, firearms, rifle and any other tool capable of inflicting bodily harm.
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The video shows the "weapon" cannot even cut the palm of a person's hand. "Any other tool capable of inflicting bodily harm" would seem to cover most material objects in the Universe.