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Earlier in the week, Dan had asked his father for permission to ride the family's horse, Pierre, to school for spirit week. [For Thursday, students were encouraged to come to school dressed up as knights.] Thinking it sounded like a fun idea, Ron DePaolis and his wife, an equestrienne, agreed to accompany their son to school with Pierre.
Only a few trots into their triumphant ride around the school parking lot, however, the group of merry travelers was met by the associate principal who suspended Dan on the spot.
"They told my son it's the equivalent of bringing in a loaded firearm to school," Ron DePaolis told the Boston Globe.
