A Michigan middle schooler disarmed a classmate who brought a loaded gun to school - but the brave boy was expelled for the entire year.

Sakir Everett, who is just 11 years old, sprang into action when he spotted another student with a firearm inside Dwight Rich School of the Arts in Lansing. 

But rather than flee, the seventh grader safely disarmed the weapon, removed the bullets, and dismantled it in an act of bravery that may have averted a mass shooting.

However, Sakir was punished by the school for not immediately reporting the incident to staff.

The astonishing decision by the Lansing School District has sparked outrage from parents and community members, who say Sakir is being treated like a criminal instead of a hero.

'They kicked him out of school for the whole year,' said Sakir's mother, Savitra McClurkin, who has since launched a public campaign demanding her son be reinstated. 

'He's never been in trouble before. He was trying to protect his classmates. He didn't want to implicate himself in it, nor did he want to tell on the person that actually brought the firearm. Because he knows firearms aren't supposed to be in school,' she told WILX. 

'Sakir's instinct was not to run away - it was to protect his classmates,' reads a GoFundMe campaign launched to support his family. 

'He took the gun from the armed student, disassembled it, and removed the bullets, preventing what could have been an unimaginable tragedy.'

According to his mother, Sakir is a soft-spoken, athletic, A/B student who has never before been in trouble.

He used knowledge from his hunting background to safely disarm the weapon, separate the ammunition, and throw the bullets away.

He believed he was doing the right thing. But instead of an award, Sakir was expelled.

'It's devastating because he's a bright kid and all he wants to do is be a kid,' said McClurkin, who has had to reduce her work hours to educate him at home after he was banned from all school platforms. 

'As a parent, I feel like I may be more devastated than him.' 

Sakir is now enrolled in a non-accredited online program only because accredited platforms are reportedly upholding the school district's decision, refusing to enroll him. 

'Online schools are honoring [the school district's] decision. Nor did they provide us a different resource or a different avenue to go,' she said. 

Frustrated and desperate for answers, McClurkin took her fight to the Lansing School Board, pleading in person during a public meeting for her son's reinstatement. 

'What am I to do?' she asked the silent board. 'He's 11 years old, in seventh grade, never been in trouble before.'

Her appeal was met with silence. Despite her emotional testimony and the support of community members, the board offered no public response, nor did they take any immediate action to review Sakir's case.

The GoFundMe page paints Sakir as a child who acted with courage under terrifying circumstances. 

'Instead of being recognized as a hero, Sakir is now being treated like a criminal,' the campaign reads. 

'He has been expelled and barred from all school platforms, despite being an A/B student, a respectful young man, and an athlete who has been playing sports since he was six years old.' 

The campaign also highlights the financial toll the situation has taken on the family.

'Because of this sudden expulsion, Sakir's mother has had to take on the enormous challenge of educating him at home. This has forced her to cut back on work, creating serious financial strain on their household.'

'Sakir acted out of bravery and love for his classmates. Let's show him that same love now,' it urges.

The Lansing School District has declined to comment publicly on Sakir's case, citing privacy concerns, but their silence has only intensified criticism from the community, who see the district's reaction as not only disproportionate but damaging. 

'They are setting my son up for failure,' McClurkin said. 'They're setting him up to being a statistic and I've been doing everything in my will and my power to keep him from that.' 

The district has reportedly said it will revisit the question of Sakir's reinstatement at the end of the academic year - a decision McClurkin says is simply not good enough. 

'I'm frustrated. I'm at my wits end. I don't know what to do,' McClurkin told reporters.

'This is a little boy who should be playing sports, making friends, learning math - not being treated like a criminal for doing the right thing.'