Firearm confiscated from Riverside School student

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Metropolitan School District families were alerted Monday that a firearm was found and confiscated from a student at one of CMSD’s schools.

Riverside School Principal Heather Kama-Star sent a notice to parents about the situation after a staff member found the firearm on a student entering the building. The weapon was confiscated, and teachers, administrators and safety and security members immediately responded. 

“Our school district is now taking proactive steps to prevent this from happening again,” Kama-Star said. “As the building principal, it is my responsibility to ensure that our scholars are provided with a safe place that is conducive to learning and that their social-emotional learning is protected and uninterrupted.”

Riverside School serves Pre-K through eighth grade in Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood.