This takes the cake.
Island fourth grader suspended for using broken pencil sharpener
A 10-year-old Hilton Head Island boy has been suspended from school for having something most students carry in their supply boxes: a pencil sharpener.
The problem was his sharpener had broken, but he decided to use it anyway.
A teacher at Hilton Head Island International Baccalaureate Elementary School noticed the boy had what appeared to be a small razor blade during class on Tuesday, according to a Beaufort County sheriff’s report.
It was obvious that the blade was the metal insert commonly found in a child’s small, plastic pencil sharpener, the deputy noted.
This is about the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of regarding just how stoopid our educational system has gotten.
Read the police report here.
Editor’s Note: The handwriting on page 2 of the police report is reporter Daniel Brownstein’s note pertaining to a separate story. It does not relate to this story
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District spokesman Randy Wall said school administrators are stuck in the precarious position between the district’s zero tolerance policy against having weapons at school and common sense.
For illustration purposes.
I wonder if an earring falls out, if the post could be considered a weapon?
Amazing. – AWB
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Look, we’ll never get this problem resolved by going after the small fish. What we need to do is prosecute the stores who continue to place this dangerous item on their shelves.