IN THE MATTER OF KF

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

Respondent appeals from a decision of the Robeson County District Court adjudicating him a delinquent juvenile as defined by G.S. § 7B-1501(7).

At the time of the incident, respondent was an eighth grade student at Lumberton Junior High School in Lumberton, North Carolina. While respondent's regular teacher was away and the class was with a substitute, respondent allegedly disrupted the class by getting out of his seat, changing the television channel from the approved channel, and talking excessively. The substitute reported the behavior to the regular teacher, who sent a…