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 BUNKER HILL, Ind. (May 5, 2015)-- Administrators suspended four students in a rural central Indiana school district for suspected gang activity. The students involved are in elementary school and in fifth grade. It's a gang incident some in Miami County just can't believe. 
 
 "Part of the student fight was about somebody being in a gang," said Doug Arnold, Superintendent, Maconaquah School Corporation. 
 
 Arnold called the situation shocking, as four fifth grade students are suspended and facing expulsion. He said the gang talk started last week after a fight at the elementary school among students. 
 
 "What we saw was, there were a few students who said, this is our gang. This is our symbol. Another one said, I want to be a part of that gang. The other one said no," said Arnold. 
 
 Arnold said administrators started investigating and found multiple students involved. As of Tuesday, four were suspended. 
 
 "We have an initial four," said Arnold, "There could be an additional, several more. We don't know. We don't expect any more than a dozen." 
 
 The district said the concept of the "gang" went so far that some students even had a made-up gang symbol scratched into their skin. 
 
 "My understanding is one of the students scratched themselves with this symbol and might have used a small blade they took from a pencil sharpener," said Arnold, "One of the students had a band-aid covering it and when the administrator approached the student it had been scratched on the arm." 
 
 Arnold said the district is still investigating the incident. They're pushing for expulsion for the four because of specific board policy that prohibits any gang-related activity. The superintendent said administrators want to know where the kids got this idea of a gang and if they really understand it. 
 
 "Fifth graders, you don't expect to see this," he said, "We know there are some kids having a hard time fitting in. One way to do that is to say, you know, you two or three guys, we are all together. This is one group. You other kids aren't a part of it." 
 
 Parents said they never thought they'd hear the idea of a fifth-grade gang coming from their child's school. 
 
 "I was shocked. I expect to hear that from middle and high school but from elementary, I was shocked," said Lisa Wilson. 
 
 "We have board policy that prohibits any kind of gang-like activity. We're not going to tolerate it. When we discovered it, it was dealt with immediately. It was dealt with seriously. We're going to investigate to make sure that there's nothing else involved. And if there is, it will be dealt with in a similar fashion," said Arnold. 
 
 Arnold said the elementary principal is in the process of drafting a letter to send home to parents explaining the situation. He went on to say the recommended expulsion for the students will likely extend just to the remainder of the current school year. 

 BUNKER HILL , Ind., May 5 (UPI) -- A school in a rural Indiana town suspended four fifth-graders it accused of taking part in gang activity, according to a report. 
 
 The students attended Maconaquah Elementary School in Bunker Hill, a town in the central part of the state that had a recorded population of 888 in the 2010 census. 
 
 "Part of the student fight was about somebody being in a gang," Doug Arnold, superintendent of Maconaquah School Corp., told WXIN. "What we saw was, there were a few students who said, 'This is our gang. This is our symbol.' Another one said, 'I want to be a part of that gang.' The other one said, 'No.' " 
 
 Administrators investigated and found several students were involved, Arnold said, adding that the gang even had a symbol. 
 
 "My understanding is one of the students scratched themselves with this symbol and might have used a small blade they took from a pencil sharpener," he said. 
 
 The school board is still investigating the allegations and intends to expel the four students based on a board policy prohibiting gang-related activity. 
 
 The average age of students in fifth grade is 10 or 11. 
 
 "Fifth-graders, you don't expect to see this," Arnold said. "We know there are some kids having a hard time fitting in. One way to do that is to say, you know, 'You two or three guys, we are all together. This is one group. You other kids aren't a part of it.' "
– A rural school in the small Indiana town of Bunker Hill, home to just 888 people, is down four students after they were suspended for suspected gang activity. The kicker: They're believed to be between 10 and 11 years old. Though Maconaquah Elementary School is still investigating the incident, it says it will likely expel the four fifth-graders for the remainder of the school year because gang activity is banned according to school board policy, UPI reports. School officials say the move followed a fight between two students, one of whom was reportedly barred from joining the supposed gang. At least 12 students believed they were involved in the group and some were handed a lesser penalty, reports the Kokomo Tribune. Superintendent Doug Arnold notes the gang even had a symbol, and at least one child was branded with it. "My understanding is one of the students scratched themselves with this symbol and might have used a small blade they took from a pencil sharpener," he says, per Fox 59. The child "had a band-aid covering it and when the administrator approached the student it had been scratched on the arm." It isn't clear if any further action will be taken regarding the other students involved, though Arnold says, "We're going to investigate to make sure that there's nothing else involved. And if there is, it will be dealt with in a similar fashion." He notes that gang activity among fifth-graders was a surprise. "I expect to hear that from middle and high school, but from elementary, I was shocked," a parent adds. Officials will investigate how the gang formed and if its members understand the idea behind it before proceeding with expulsions.