File this under stupidity. This is what we get from "zero-tolerance" policies.
Box cutter was for work, but to school, it's a weapon
A Blaine High School student was suspended for having the knife in his car, violating a weapons policy.
Expulsion because he inadvertantly left his box cutter in his car instead of returning it to a locked cabinet at home immediately after work?
It's so easy to just have so-called "zero tolerance policies." When parents and school boards force this on to school administrators, this is what you get. We now live in an age where school administrators understand the seriousness of school violence. Why don't we trust them to make rational distinctions between real threats and stupid incidents like this one?
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I'm not sure I would describe "Zero Tolerance" as a liberal policy, poppycock or not. It seems to arise out of the "get tough on crime" approach of conservatives. Even so, one can find plenty of "poppycock" liberals AND conservatives supporting these inane policies.
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