The school did not, and the district superintendent agreed with them. Who knew that an FM Radio made out of a La Gloria Cubana cigar box-with labelling removed so as not to run afoul of any "tobacco paraphernalia" questions constituted a "bomb".
Parents sued to have me reinstated, but the social stigma lasted well throughout high school. Kids nicknamed me "bomberman" and there was this whole narrative that I had to be removed from the school, handcuffed by the FBI and put into the back of a box truck and hauled away. When in reality, my dad picked me up in his Honda (which would later become my Honda) and we drove home.
