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Originally Posted by Bullypulpit You know, I carried a pocket knife to school form the time I got one when I was 10 until I graduated from high-school. And sometimes, after going to school from a morning of hunting, I had a Buck folder with a 4 inch blade strapped to my belt, But it was never an issue. Many did so, we learned early on that knives and guns were tools...not toys. | We are supposed to send any student that brings 'weapons or replicas', including drawings to the principal and depending on her judgement, the least offensive will result in a detention, though the most offensive could be immediate expulsion. This is a parochial school. Since I teach 6-8th grades and anime is the most popular 'time waster' of the kids, drawings with weapons is a several times a day offense. Needless to say, unless the kid were a 'scary one' which none are currently in 'that way', the drawings are ripped and filed in circular file.
We do have discretion, which is a good thing. A few years ago there was a 3rd grader that was into killing animals, threatening to burn down the school, stabbed another child with a pencil. He is gone.
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