Anne Arundel school officials turned down a request to expunge school records for a second-grade boy disciplined for chewing his Pop-Tart-like pastry into the shape of a gun, according to the family and a lawyer. …

The letter disputed the portrayal of the case as “a singular incident, having to do only with a breakfast pastry,” Ficker said, instead referring to other behavior by the child, who recently turned 8.