By Lori EhdeLuverne School Board members met in closed session Tuesday night to decide the punishment for recent violation of the school weapons policy.According to Luverne Superintendent Gary Fisher, a 12th-grade student came to school on Nov. 21 wearing a knife with a folding blade.Fisher said the blade itself was 4 to 6 inches long. "It had serrated edges," he said. "It was an ugly-looking knife."The student’s intent for the knife was reportedly unknown, but once it was discovered, high school principal Donna Judson followed the school policy."People should know it was just possession of the knife. It wasn’t used as a weapon," Judson said. "We’re a very safe school here, and we’re trying to make it safer."The student was immediately suspended, the weapon was confiscated, law enforcement was called to the school and the student’s parents were notified.The policy dictates that school board members need to decide the student’s punishment beyond that – possibly expulsion for up to a year.Following discussion in the closed session Tuesday, the board decided to expel the student for the remainder of the school year."Our policy reads that we have a zero tolerance for weapons," Fisher said. "The state used to require expulsion, but then schools were expelling students for things like fingernail clippers with folding nail files. … Now we have discretion to see what’s warranted for punishment."