School officials at Captain Strong Primary School in Battle Ground on Friday continued an investigation into the actions of a boy expelled Thursday after he allegedly touched a playmate on the arm with a syringe, according to a media release issued by a Battle Ground schools spokesman.
The boy, a third-grader, told school officials he found the syringe by a dumpster near his residence. Most of the needle was broken off; only about one-sixteenth of an inch remained.
Examinations of the boy who was touched by the syringe found no punctures, marks or redness, according to Gregg Herrington, the district spokesman.
An investigation is ongoing to determine if more students were touched by the needle. A second boy may have been touched in the back by the syringe, but the boy who had the needle told the school’s staff it was only his fingernails.