Students at Hillsboro High School say they're concerned because one of their peers is making knives in the school's shop class.

The school's superintendent says it's okay that the student is forging blades, because it's part of class.

The Hillsboro Public School student hand book says 'possession of a weapon is a tier three offense, which is automatically referred to the principal.'

But, the Superintendent of Hillsboro Public Schools says the student who's forging knives during the Agriculture Mechanics class is supported by the school, because it's part of the classes curriculum.

The syllabus for the welding class says nothing about forging knives, it states that students are allowed to make things like benches, not knives.

Superintendent Paula Suda said these knives the student is making in class aren't considered a weapon because they aren't being used in a dangerous way.

We asked Superintendent Paula if this means that just anybody can have a knife on school property if it isn't being used in a dangerous way and she said that is not correct.

We reached out to the student, who is making the knives and he says he's just linking people to the past and doesn't want to concern his classmates.