"It was a trigger," said Mr. Connett.
"It was a trigger from what happened to his father," said Fr.
Controversy surrounding the bag arose earlier this month, after Grayson's mom told media outlets that administrators banned the backpack because it was a "trigger for bullying".
Noreen Bruce said officials at Buncombe County Schools recently told her son, Grayson, that he was not allowed to wear his My Little Pony backpack because it was a "trigger for bullying," according to local outlet WLOS-TV.
So what if it's a trigger.
It is a trigger happy situation".
"Of course it is a trigger for grief; people died here," Kari F. Watkins, the executive director, said.
"You see all these changes going on around you and it's a trigger," said Jack Harrower, the second principal, who is married to Ms. Hochron.
"Seeing her today, sounding and feeling the way she did the day of the attack, feeling her body close to yours -- it's a trigger," she told Elizabeth.
"I've heard the complaints about my 'Big Sister' approach," she says, "but nobody can tell me smoking is good for you, and everybody knows it's a trigger to other addictions.
