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Alligator discovered, trapped near Freedom Shores Elementary school in Boynton Beach

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Posted: 09/22/2011

By: WPTV Web Team

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Some students attending Freedom Shores Elementary School in Boynton Beach might be talking about more than reading, writing and arithmetic today.

A teacher spotted a 7 foot alligator walking back and forth near an exterior fence at the school around 7:15 a.m.

The principal was told and both school police and Boynton Beach police were contacted.

As a precaution a trapper was called and he removed the reptile without incident.

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