Another deadly school shooting has been narrowly averted:

Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped up into Marshall Junior High School.

The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos. It was wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt.

Why did he have this macho burrito with him at school? It was his homework...he was supposed to make up a product and develop an advertising campaign for it. His invention was a restaurant that specialized in extremely large burritos.

This is one of the very few assignments where "the dog ate it" would actually be a plausible excuse. ("The SWAT team confiscated it" would also be applicable.)