Post Falls 2nd grader suspended for gun fib.

[Mauserguy]

I don't think that the boy should be expelled, or even spanked. It sounds to me that he was being a talkative little boy with an immagination. Really, I think I would have made him make up a story about how somebody acted responsibly with the gun. Maybe he could write a two page outdoor survival story or something. He may have actually learned something. They should try to direct his curiosity in a positive direction. Instead, they want to suppress him and treat him like a little zombie.

As for the school administrators, I think that they should be suspended for poor teaching ability and bad judgement.
Mauserguy

 

[Live Free Or Die]

The article doesn't contain enough information for me to make a judgment on the appropriateness of the punishment. But it also doesn't do anything to make me rethink my plans to homeschool my kids.

 

[robmkivseries70]

Safe Schools Act

The Safe Schools Act allows suspensions for all sorts of things. In our district a 9 year old was suspended for 10 days for throwing a rock. The student didn't hit anybody and probably didn't intend to hit anybody. The enforcement, of course, depends upon your name and social status. As was implied 30 some years ago, in the western about Judge Roy Bean, we have too much law and not enough justice.
Rob