This is not how you pack for the first day of school.
A student was arrested for bringing a gun to a Brooklyn high school — and another in Manhattan was caught with two knives on the opening day of class Thursday, according to police sources.
The 17-year-old pistol-packing pupil allegedly walked into Polytechnic High School in Downtown Brooklyn with an unloaded .25-caliber pistol, which set of metal detectors there, prompting his arrest by school safety officers, sources said.
The school shares a space with MS 8 and George Westinghouse High School, and the news was the last straw for one parent who was planning on yanking her kid out of Westinghouse.
“First day of school?! That’s crazy,” said Shellon Williams, 45. “I’m trying to transfer him out now. I don’t like the environment of the school. It doesn’t feel safe. And there are little kids inside!
Education officials said they are alerting parents.
“Students and staff are safe, families are being notified, and we are providing the campus with additional support,” said DOE spokeswoman Toya Holness. “Last year was the safest school year on record and crime in schools is at an all-time low.”
The kid was being held at the 84th Precinct with charges pending Thursday afternoon.
It’s the second year in a row that a student has tried to sneak a firearm into a Brooklyn school on day one of classes. A 15-year-old was busted with a .22-caliber Sig Sauer Mosquito in his bag at the Brooklyn School for Career Development in Fort Greene last year.
And another student was apparently ready to cut class Thursday — he allegedly brought two knives to Manhattan High School in Hell’s Kitchen.
He was nabbed when he put his bag through a scanner and school guards saw the blades, according to a dean at the school.
The student was enrolled in a Pathways to Graduation GED program for people over the age of 21, which is affiliated with the Department of Education and operates on the high school’s first floor.
Education officials said they are beefing up security there.
“The NYPD immediately responded and safely recovered the items,” said Holness. “Students and staff are safe and we’re providing the D79 program with additional support to ensure the incident is appropriately addressed.”
Separately, a parent punched trying to get into PS 196 in Brooklyn punched a school safety agent in the face, according to the a union representative. The agent was treated at Wyckoff Hospital and then released, the rep said.