Dismissal disrupted after alligator appearance at Florida school


Students were kept after the dismissal bell after an impromptu appearance by an alligator at a Florida school Thursday.

A trapper was called to Geneva Classical Academy in Lakeland, Florida, to snare a nearly 10-foot-long alligator.

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Students were kept in their classrooms as the trapper wrangled the reptile.

"Our students received a good Polk County education today: how to trap a nine foot, 11-inch gator," the school posted on Facebook.

Our students received a good Polk County education today: how to trap a 9'11" gator!

Posted by Geneva Classical Academy on Thursday, March 17, 2016

Other videos of the capture were also posted to Facebook.

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