School systems around the country are as insane or worse. Take a look at my 12th Grade student handbook:
Inciting/participating in a Disturbance - Disturbing, preventing orderly conduct, or otherwise causing a disruption to the atmosphere of order and discipline in the school necessary for effective learning, other than classroom disruption.
First Offense:
Minimum - 1 day in-school suspension - 3 days suspension.
Maximum - 5 days suspension
Second Offense:
Minimum - 3 days in-school suspension - 5 days suspensionMaximum - 10 days suspension. School administrator or designee must telephone the Department of Pupil Services within two (2) days of the alleged offense to request an expulsion conference.
So we can disrupt the place where the learning actually takes place, but the halls and cafeteria are off limits? Bullcrap.
What's wrong with this picture? You can't have two minimums! If you have two, the lower one is the minimum! I love how my school is run by people who didn't pass Algebra.
Here's some more:
Firearms - Bringing or possessing any weapon, such as a rifle, gun, handgun, shotgun, loaded or unloaded, operable or inoperable, including any object which is a look-alike; or any implement which could cause or is intended to cause bodily harm. (See Policy JFDH for extended definitions.) (Each incident of this nature is to be reported to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office.)
First Offense:
Minimum - 10 days suspension. School administrator or designee must telephone the Department of Pupil Services within two (2) days of the alleged offense to request an expulsion conference.
So, basically, you can get me for taking my pens to school? What a farce.
Other Guns - Bringing or possessing any gun, of any kind, loaded or unloaded, operable or inoperable, including any object which is a look-alike of a gun, in school or on school grounds other than a firearm. (See Policy JFDH for extended definitions.) (Each incident of this nature is to be reported to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office.)
First Offense:
Minimum - 10 days suspension. School administrator or designee must telephone the Department of Pupil Services within two (2) days of the alleged offense to request an expulsion conference.
Yep. Those deadly paintball guns. You've gotta get those guys before they make the school pink and neon green!
Other Weapons - Possessing any implement which could cause or is intended to cause bodily harm other than a firearm or other gun. (See Policy JFDH for extended definitions.) (Each incident of this nature is to be reported to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office.)
First Offense:
Minimum - 5 days suspension.
Maximum - 10 days suspension. School administrator or designee must telephone the Department of Pupil Services within two (2) days of the alleged offense to request an expulsion conference.
Second Offense:
Minimum - 10 days suspension. School administrator or designee must telephone the Department of Pupil Services within two (2) days of the alleged offense to request an expulsion conference.
Well it's good to know that all of those heavy desks, textbooks, tables and fire extinguishers are banned from school. Along with all of those sharp scissors and pens.