That’s not even a good sized Billy Club.
The other downside is all it would take is one juvenile delinquent troublemaker to snatch it from the teacher and then use it on the teacher.
Good intent, poor execution of goal.
This reminds me of two weeks back, when I heard some principal was providing full buckets of ROCKS for the teacher and students to defend themselves against any future gunman.
Too tempting for students to use against another student or perhaps a defenseless window pane.
At least rocks make more sense defensively than mini bats.
Years ago nearly every young boy in the country was handy with throwing axes.