3rd Grader Suspended For Tiny Toy Gun

[matcom]

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A third-grader suspended for bringing a tiny toy gun to class was back at Birmingham's Sun Valley Elementary School on Thursday and will have the incident wiped from his disciplinary record.

Nine-year-old Austin Crittenden expected to be out of school for at least a week and was awaiting a Monday hearing to determine his punishment for bringing a plastic G.I. Joe handgun to school earlier this week. But on Thursday, school officials changed their stand, allowing him back to class.

School Superintendent Wayman B. Shiver said Sun Valley Principal Teresa Ragland acted appropriately. Although he received numerous phone calls at his home and office after Austin's suspension was reported Wednesday, Shiver said public pressure had nothing to do with the decision to reinstate the boy.

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[zbdent]

1. Isn't it funny that the people who push for "zero tolerance" issues

tend to be the ones that later say "What ever happened to common sense?"

No weapons to schools. Good idea. Whoops, an Eagle Scout is suspended for having a butter knife in his book bag, along with the spoon and fork. There's a gray area.

Drug abuse is intolerable. If you have over X number of drugs in your possession, you are a dealer. Whoops, Rush Limbaugh is an admitted drug addict, and he had well over the number which qualifies as a dealer. There's a gray area.

No sexual harassment in schools. Whoops, a third-grade boy gives a third-grade girl a peck on the cheek. Suspended. There's a gray area.

Repubs/Dittododos/freepers say that there is nothing wrong with issues being "black and white". Until they're screwed by the very things they support.

You get my point, don't you?

[gyopsy]

2. Loud and clear

This zero tolerance has gone too far. A lot of these kids are "A" students and their academic careers can be put in a bad position over something as little as one of the scenarios you described above.

It's this paranoia that's causing the problems in the first place in many instances.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. I have zero tolerance towards zero tolerance. (nt)