Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies were called to the APL 105 classroom Tuesday afternoon to remove an unruly student.
The male student was caught using a cell phone to send text messages during a test in the English 101 class. When he was asked to leave by the instructor, the student began collecting his belongings. The instructor then informed him that because of his excessive absences and tardiness he would be dropped from the class.
Upon hearing that he would be dropped, the student refused to leave the classroom. The conversation between the two moved outside the classroom into the hallway, where the instructor informed the student that she would call security if he refused to leave.
The student indicated that the instructor could go forward with her intention to call the sheriff. As the instructor returned to the classroom to make the call, the student began to leave the scene. By the time the sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene, the student had gone.
The sheriff's deputies took the student's information from the instructor, who reiterated that he would indeed be dropped from the class.
-by Kevin Michael Kramer
