As many as nine third-grade boys and girls at a Waycross, Georgia elementary school hatched a plot to maim their homeroom teacher with a steak knife.

Let's repeat that -- third graders; as in, eight and nine year olds.

Even though this was a class for students with learning disabilities, the pack of pre-teen terrorists devised an impressively complex plan. "The scheme involved a division of roles," said Waycross Police Chief Tony Tanner. "One child's job was to cover windows so no one could see outside. Another was supposed to clean up after the attack.

Police confiscated a bag from the 'Garanimal Gang' that included a broken steak knife, handcuffs and duct tape, among other items. (Maybe some Lunchables in case they got hungry?)

Now, for those of you who simply can't believe elementary school students are capable of such horrors, apparently you haven't met little Billy and Sally yet: