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“Appropriate steps were taken at the school level to insure the safety of all students and to impress upon the students the seriousness of engaging in positive peer interactions while avoiding conduct that may pose risk or concern to others,” double-spoke ...er... said Will Clark, the “Chief Operating Officer” of New Haven (Conn.) Public Schools, about an incident at the Jepsen Magnet School. “School leaders and local police partners were able to investigate and resolve the issue internally with use of restorative practices.” And that’s pretty much all school officials wanted to say about the “incident” during which a child built a toy gun — out of Lego blocks. (RC/WTIC Hartford) ...But hey, give him a break: there were no Lego bullets found.