A judge ruled Cobb County School District officials “misconstrued” their own policies when they expelled a middle schooler who warned his friends of a school shooting threat. The incident in took place two days after the Apalachee High School shooting in September 2024, at a time when law enforcement officers in Georgia were investigating dozens of threats of violence against schools. The student, who is only identified in official documents by the initials G.D., saw a video of someone threatening to shoot up several Cobb schools where he had friends. G.D. sent messages warning friends about the threat.
