How insane can things get....

[Adam_777]

They should have expelled the 9 yr old if the zero tolerance policy is in effect.If you got caught at school with baggies and scale they can't do jack.Neither are illegal for anyone to have and unless they have the stuff that is going in the bags they have nothing.They probably suspended the kid while on the phone with the local news trying to make a breaking news story.Bunch of crap is all it is.This zero tolerance policy means that if you bring a gun you get suspended for 4 days ? Does the situation get reviewed by the superintendant before issuing the suspension ? If so shame on that guy for being clueless to what it was and how the child obtained it.Now if your claiming zero tolerance in this case why isn't the kid expelled ? Zero tolerance is just that.Personally if the principle and teacher sat with the child and called his parents in he would of been forgiven and the whole ugly news story would have never happened.Why did it unfold the way it did ? I'll never know but I'll bet it goes deeper than what you and I know.

[Swimmer]

Say for instance, this kid walks through the park on his way to school and walks by the war memorial where 4, or 5, or 6 guys paid tribute to our fallen soldiers by firing a salute, maybe more than one salute. Little kid finds an empty shell. Taps on it and blows air into the shell and hey he finds out it wistles when you blow air into it real hard. Ah, new toy. How is exited little boy wth new toy supposed to convert this joyous thought into remembering that this item is contraband in school.

How many times as a nine year old did we have to be told something to remember what we had been told? Once, twice, ah.............

Zero tolerance yes, but five day suspension, I don't know.