Staff at John Dickinson School on Milltown Road in Wilmington alerted a school resource officer Wednesday morning and removed the student from his classroom.
They say he had a loaded magazine and an unloaded handgun in his backpack.
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Police arrested and charged the student but said no one heard any stated or implied threats.
The school day proceeded as normal.