Dad: Ahmed Mohamed won't be returning to public high school

The suspension is over for the 14-year-old Muslim student garnering national support after he was handcuffed for bringing a homemade clock to class. But he won't be in school. VPC


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IRVING, Texas — Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, father of a student still suspended after being handcuffed for bringing a homemade clock to class, said Thursday evening his child will not be returning to his public high school, but will be looking for private or home-schooling options.

Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was handcuffed Monday at MacArthur High School after a teacher thought his homemade clock looked like a bomb and officials called police.

"Before I was really scared that no one was really going to care about me cause I'm Muslim and now everyone wants to interview me because of what happened," Mohamed said in an interview with WFAA-TV.

"I want to make sure this never happens to another child globally ever again."

Twitter, where the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed trended, invited the teen to intern at its social media business. Google asked him to attend its science fair. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg invited him to visit Facebook. Even President Obama tweeted, "Cool clock Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House?"


"The American people are so eager to see what this clock is, so I'll show it to them and I'll see what their opinion is about it," Mohamed said.

School leaders in Irving, a Dallas suburb, said they wish the more than 1 million people commenting o