KENOSHA, Wis. — Kenosha Unified School District sent a letter to families Friday warning parents about the popular “Senior Assassins” game and reminding them that students could face discipline or police involvement for bringing squirt guns or other toy weapons to school.
The district’s warning, which came just weeks after multiple real gun incidents in KUSD schools, is already drawing criticism from some parents who say the district appears more focused on water guns than actual weapons.
In the letter sent Friday, KUSD said some seniors participate in an unofficial game called “Senior Assassins,” where students use water guns in a tag-style competition outside of school hours. The district warned that students have sometimes used paintball guns or airsoft rifles and said those items can resemble real firearms and create confusion in the community.
KUSD also reminded families that district policy prohibits “any dangerous weapon, or any facsimile of a weapon,” on school property or at school-sponsored events.
District policy specifically bans objects that could “reasonably be mistaken for an actual firearm” and says weapon facsimiles include objects that substantially mimic a weapon. The policy also prohibits pellet guns, BB guns, tasers, pepperball guns and other devices that propel projectiles. Violations can result in suspension, expulsion proceedings and referral to law enforcement.
Some district parents, however, say the warning feels tone deaf considering recent incidents involving actual firearms in KUSD schools.
Several recent incidents have involved students allegedly bringing real guns into school buildings, including cases where weapons were reportedly found in backpacks or vehicles on campus. Those incidents raised concerns among parents about school safety, metal detectors and whether KUSD is doing enough to prevent real violence.
Parents critical of Friday’s warning say a neon-colored squirt gun used during a prank game is unlikely to be mistaken for a real firearm and is not what is making students feel unsafe.
Instead, they argue, KUSD should be prioritizing students who bring real handguns to school and pose actual threats to classmates and staff.
The district’s letter stated that “Senior Assassins” is intended to be “light-hearted and fun,” but warned families to think about how others may perceive students’ actions.
KUSD said it wanted seniors to finish the school year “safely and successfully” and encouraged parents to talk with their children about the game and its potential consequences.
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12 Responses
These people are so messed up in the head it’s sickening. My first truck I drove to school had a gun rack on the rear window. Shooting classes at school. I guess back when they actually taught people HOW to think, responsible firearm use was a non issue. Today with the indoctrination of everything but proper education the chickens have come home to roost. Kids, not knowing HOW to think, are walking dangers to themselves and others, with or without firearms, …much less a sharp pencil. In this case, KUSD created the problem years in the making, and now this madness. Parents, get your kids out of KUSD and homes-chool or private school your children if you want anything of a healthy normal life for them. This organization, now infiltrated by grifters, parasites, pedos and groomers is way past time of it’s usefulness.
I wish i grew up in white America….Now it’s just gangbangers and illegals trashing everything
Homeschool your kids!! Sending them to public schools is causing more damage
Homeschooling is not an option for everyone!
Let the kids have some fun you bitches, dorks, and pussies at KUSD
Students need to have less fun, not more. Have you seen ACT scores lately? There’s a reason they’re down
JFC, are you a dumb fuck? They are simply warning students that they are FAFO by using guns that look like real guns.
What do you think I’m going to do if I see a teenager pulling an airsoft gun that looks like a rifle? “Oh, hey is playing senior games LOL!” No, I am going to shoot half his face off.
The local Catholic schools are not any better.
That is so true!
Teachers agree that these students time would be better spent protesting the government deportation of illegal immigrants who have raped and murdered people.
Students get in more trouble for this, than if you plan a physical fight and record it and post it with spectators in our high schools. Or two times in one day if you go to Indian Trail…. last week…. what a joke