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Becky Hobgood tries to locate her daughter after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes Perry Hall High School. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Parents and students try to find each other after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Tracie Bradford, of Perry Hall, Md., consoles her daughter Leah, a student at Perry Hall High School who says she was in the school's cafeteria when a student was shot there and critically wounded on the first day of classes. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Parents wait to reunite with their children after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Dasha'nae Joyce (right) braids her best friend and fellow fifth-grader Tasia Bailey's hair at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in the District on the first day of school on Aug. 27, 2012.

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Fifth-grader Tywon Malcom (right) waits for his turn to ask a question during D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in the District on the first day of class on Aug. 27, 2012. The mayor, D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, and Department of General Services Director Brian Hanlon visited the school.

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Mayor Vincent C. Gray gets a hug from Phillip Thomas, 9, to kick off his visit to Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in the District.

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D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and Mayor Vincent C. Gray are introduced by principal Izabela Miller at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in the District on the first day of school on Aug. 27, 2012.

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Parents and students try to find each other after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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A Baltimore County police officer speaks to a parent as students are evacuated from Perry Hall High School after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Parents wait to reunite with their children after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Parents and students try to reunite after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Students evacuate Perry Hall High School after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Tracie Bradford, of Perry Hall, Md., consoles her daughter Leah, a student at Perry Hall High School who says she was in the school's cafeteria when a student was shot there and critically wounded on the first day of classes, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Parents and students try to reunite after a student was shot and critically wounded on the first day of classes at Perry Hall High School, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in Perry Hall, Md. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, according to police. No one else was reported injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Retired Air Force Col. Jerry LeMieux, founder of the Unmanned Vehicle University, is waiting for FAA certification so graduates will be fully licensed by the federal government to operate drones. The university teaches a variety of subjects online, including vehicle design and system fundamentals. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

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Seventh-graders settle in for class at Greenbelt Middle School, in Greenbelt, Prince George’s County. The county school system allows the use of iPads and cellphones for instructional purposes as do other school systems in the D.C. area. Below, an iPhone. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)