The principal caught up in a flap over a tiny toy gun a fourth-grader brought to school is apologizing, but the boy's mother says its too little, too late.
Public School 52 principal Evelyn Mastroianni called the mother of of 9-year old Patrick Timoney to say she over-reacted to the situation at the Staten Island School, according to the Daily News.
"The principal called me and said, 'I'm sorry, I never meant for it to go this far,'" Laura Timoney told the News. "She sounded upset. I think she is sorry that this is happening. I wish she was sorry for Patrick."
The New Dorp boy had faced the prospect of suspension after bringing a 2-inch LEGO gun to the South Beach school on Tuesday.
The Department of Education says that there is a no-tolerance policy for toy guns in schools but acknowledges that the principal overreacted to the miniature machine-gun.
