The Louisville school district had done so even after court-ordered desegregation was lifted in 2000.

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She rushed back to school after dropping him off Thursday and asked the boy what he'd done with the gun, Browne said.

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The school's policies, however, say the university must notify faculty members before or soon after a search is done, a protection that doesn't extend to other Harvard employees.

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