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Exonerate 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot of Bartow High

Exonerate 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot of Bartow High

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 2 months ago
16-year-old Kiera Wilmot performed an unauthorized science experiment on school grounds by combining two household chemicals in a small water bottle. It exploded ever so mildly (top popped and some smoke). No one was hurt. No property was damaged. It reportedly sounded like a firecracker. Kiera is described by the principal as "a good kid. She has never been in trouble before. Ever." She was completely honest about what she did. Nonetheless she was taken by authorities to a juvenile detention center, may be labeled a felon for and is being expelled from school. Stop this injustice.

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May 1, 2013

I am currently coordinating with legal advocates to ensure Kiera receives fair treatment. Please email the school board today demanding they reverse this expulsion. We need to keep pressure on the administration until they reconsider this punishment.

May 1, 2013

The massive response to this injustice proves that people refuse to stand by while a student is treated like a criminal for a science experiment. Post this link on Facebook right now and email the school board to demand they overturn this expulsion.

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Linda Gordon
13 years ago Featured

Give her a break shes a good kid.

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Sarah Karimi
13 years ago Featured

Are you kidding me. A felon for a little pop in a bottle? Ruining a kids life over a mistake is the real crime here.

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David Banerjee
13 years ago Featured

She should be encouraged to be a scientist not put in a cell. This whole situation is just embarassing for the school district.

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Jessica Hart
13 years ago Featured

Poor girl. She was just curious. My son does stuff like this all the time in the backyard and I just tell him to be careful. Zero tolerance is a joke.

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Mike Obi
13 years ago Featured

This is total overkill. Expelling a girl for a science experiment? She has a brain and wanted to learn. Let her go back to school.

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Kevin Sanders
13 years ago Featured

16 and a felon? Thats insane. The school board needs to wake up and see common sense.

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