Ras Tafari wrote: > EXACT SAME Now I know we are talking about a pocket/swiss army knife situation.
From the earlier "camping utensil" description I was thinking about what I used to have which was a light-weight, aluminum fork, spoon and butter knife that would fasten together. That knife had a rounded tip, was barely stronger then a plastic knife and less dangerous then a sharpened pencil. This pocket knife is at least pointy so I would say it might be equally dangerous with those Ticonderoga weapons of mass destruction that proliferate our school systems. I still argue the appropriate response to this would be a confiscation of the tool by school authorities. Only return the tool to a parent with an reinforcement of the rules explaining why it should not have come to school and that there will be more sever consequences in the future if it comes to school again. And possibly a detention for the student if he was belligerent about surrendering the tool or other extenuating circumstances warrant additional punishment. That is still zero-tolerance. The school did not tolerate the knife being at the school. But it is also an example of an appropriate response. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305642 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
