THANK YOU – School Board Gets Rid of Zero Tolerance After Boys Suspended for Using Pencils as “Guns”
Finally! We have common sense in our public schools, at least in one Virginia school district anyway.
After two boy were suspended for “using pencils like guns“, the Suffolk School Board decided to review their current weapons policy, which was a very strict zero tolerance policy which left no room for interpretation.
According to 10News.com,
Under the revised policy, school administrators can look at factors such as intentions of harm and whether the object is listed as a weapon to determine the punishment. Ordinary objects will not be considered weapons
A local television station reports that school board members voted unanimously to approve the revised policy last week.
This comes on the heels of numerous students being suspended, expelled and also arrested for cases involving toy guns at schools, talking about guns at schools, or wearing gun related clothing.
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- 11 Year Old Suspended, Family Questioned by Law Enforcement Because the Student TALKED About Guns
- Multiple Students Suspended for Playing With Nerf Guns AFTER Teacher OK’d Them
- 5 Yr Old Who Brought Cap Gun to School Interrogated for 2 Hours w/o Parents Until He Peed Himself
- Kindergartener Disciplined for Bringing LEGO Gun the Size of a Quarter to School
- 7 Year Old Suspended for Holding Pencil “Like a Gun”
- Middle School Student Suspended and Arrested For Wearing NRA T-Shirt to School
- 6 Yr Old Suspended for TALKING About TOY Guns
- Michigan Schools Shut Down b/c Former Student, Now Working For Air Force, Entered School Wearing His Work Camo
- 3 FL High School Students Tackle Gunman on School Bus, All 3 Are Suspended From School
- 7 Year Old Suspended For Chewing Pastry Into Shape of Gun
- 7 Year Old Boy Suspended After Tossing Imaginary Grenade at Imaginary Evil Forces
- Student Suspended for Photo of Gun Set as Computer Desktop Background
- Kindergartner Suspended, Forced to go to Psychologist for Threatening Student – With Pink Bubble Gun
- Maryland School Suspends 6 Yr Old Student For Making Gun Shape With His Hand & Saying “Pow”
- Girl in Elementary School Searched in Front of Classmates for Bringing Paper Gun to School
Well, what do you know? A light bulb has finally lit up in one of the black holes generally referred to as a school board. In the best of all worlds, this would become commonplace rather than worthy of a headline.
I congratulate the members of the Sulfolk County, VA School Board on actually doing something that will have a positive effect on our kids. ‘Tis a rare thing these days.
this should be happing at all schools. they have taken something that was done by a madman and just taken it way too far. STOP THE MADNESS AND START DOING WHAT YOUR PAID TO DO TEACH R KIDS WHICH BY THE WAY YOU ARE NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB AT.
Holy crap, we have found intelligence.
Still a little too much power here for my taste, there needs to be a clear rule that if an object, regardless of appearance is not a “weapon” ITS NOT A WEAPON, period, full stop, done! T-shirts are not weapons! Neither are legos, pastries, pencils, fingers, or god un-PC opinions and comments.
It’s not about actual weapons at all, it’s all about an anti-gun indoctrination that the government-controlled public school system is pushing at kids. The anti’s won’t face nearly the same battle they’re currently up against in a few years if they can indoctrinate tomorrow’s voters against firearms.
Consequently, everything gun must go.
Great start next how about THE TEN COMMANDMENTS back in class like my childhood .
No. That’s different. That’s imposing one religion on everyone in a PUBLIC school that is paid for by a secular government.
The whole country has gone bat $hit crazy with gun phobia..You people in “charge” are making scared,defenseless,victims of OUR children with this non-sense….STOP IT !!!
Will wonders never cease! Perhaps common sense leadership still exists.
Wow! The faintest glimmer of a functioning brain cell amongst the enlightened leftists that run public education. Gratz for finally pulling your heads out of your asses!
@ LUKE
Amen brother!
Way over due.
It’s safe to eat Pop-Tarts again