Middle schoolers kicked off bus for "obscene gesture" - farting

(CBS) - Two Ohio middle school students were reportedly kicked off their school bus last weekend for "breaking wind."

The act was deemed an "obscene gesture" by Canal Winchester Middle School officials, and both received a one day suspension from riding the bus for violating the student code of conduct, reports the Columbus Dispatch.

Both students' parents reportedly say the school officials are overreacting.

"It's very laughable, that's what it is", says James Nichols father of one of the students, according to the Dispatch.

Nichols' wife Kristin Kuzora was reportedly less amused, due to a health problem.

"As a sufferer of gastro-intestinal issues who was recently hospitalized for these issues, I take great offense to passing gas being cause for suspension and marked as an obscene gesture," Kuzora wrote to The Dispatch.