LOW FLYING OVER SCHOOL AREA.

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ON THIS DATE I RENTED THE SMT TO PRACTICE FLT MANEUVERS. DURING THE FLT I DECIDED TO FLY OVER POWAY HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS TO GRADUATE ON 6/XX; AND HAD FINISHED ALL MY CLASSES. I WAS TO GRADUATE WITH HONORS AND HAD RECEIVED AN APPOINTMENT TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. FOR APPROX 5 MINS I CIRCLED POWAY HIGH IN AN ACT OF CELEBRATION. I HAD DEPARTED RAMONA ARPT; ELEVATION APPROX 1400' MSL. I ESTIMATE THE HIGH SCHOOL ELEVATION TO BE 1000' ASL. MY INTENT WAS TO FLY IN A MANNER THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE ALARM OR FEAR TO THOSE ON THE GND. UNFORTUNATELY; AND NOT DELIBERATELY; MY ALT DSNDED BELOW THE LEGAL LEVEL. UPON LNDG BACK AT RAMONA ARPT; I WAS MET BY A SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF. HE ADVISED ME THAT POWAY HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALS HAD CALLED THEM BECAUSE OF MY LOW FLYING. THE NEXT MORNING I MET WITH THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO EXPLAIN MY ACTIONS AND TO APOLOGIZE. AFTERWARD; I WAS ADVISED THAT I WAS TO BE SUSPENDED AND NOT PERMITTED TO ATTEND COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES WITH MY SENIOR CLASS. I DID NOT ACT IN A DELIBERATELY MALICIOUS MANNER; NOR DID I INTEND TO OPERATE THE ACFT IN A MANNER THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY OF THOSE ON THE GND OR MYSELF. I APOLOGIZE FOR ALLOWING MY ALT TO DSND BELOW LEGAL LEVELS. I LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND A CAREER AS AN AIR FORCE PLT. I DID NOT WANT THIS INCIDENT TO JEOPARDIZE MY SCHOLASTIC AND CAREER PLANS. THE INCIDENT HAS TAUGHT ME TO PAY CLOSER ATTN TO MY ALT; ESPECIALLY OVER POPULATED AREAS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: PLT HAS GONE ON TO AIR FORCE ACADEMY BUT FAA FOLLOW UP IS THREATENING HIS CERTIFICATE.