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A Wellington Community High School student faces criminal charges after a gun was found in his backpack.
The school says the student arrived late to school yesterday morning and went through a metal detector, which detected the weapon. The student was searched and the gun was found in the backpack.
The principal says the gun was never displayed or used in a threatening manner but possessing any weapon on a school campus is a felony.
There was no disruption to campus operations.