Posted on 10/26/2005 1:56:53 PM PDT by headsonpikes
An 11-year-old sixth-grade girl was arrested Friday afternoon at Fox Chapel Middle School on a charge of possessing a weapon.
The weapon?
A butter knife.
The girl, who won't turn 12 until March and whose name is being withheld by the Times because she is a minor, was handcuffed, taken to the Hernando County Jail and charged with the possession of a weapon on school property, a third-degree felony.
(Excerpt) Read more at sptimes.com ...
What if she had a pair of scissors?
And, these are the idiots we're counting on to educate our children.
Now she gets to answer "yes" to the question "Have you ever been arrested for a felony?" on employment and school applications for the rest of her life.
Nice going, system.
"Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence"
http://www.zerointelligence.net/archives/000697.php
Insanity...
Public school madness. Thank God for the Catholic school system. Another tax my generation must bear for the failure of liberalism.
When butter knives are banned, only chefs will have butter knives.
I used to go nuts making sure my youngest kids had nothing in their backpacks that could be construed as weapons, or controlled substances. Cough drops can fall under that category, if the teacher has his/her head far enough up their ass.
" charged with the possession of a weapon on school property,"
I have a folder I keep in my car's change tray between the seats and drive through the my son's school campus every morning and eve.
I guess they could nail me if the wanted to?
The administration of this school should be cuffed and taken to jail for sheer stupidity. I know, there's probably some law or reg that says they MUST report butter knives.
The police are idiots too. How is an 11 year old girl going to be a treat to them.
/john
If one of these people ever put my 10 year old in handcuffs for a butterknife, I would be the one with a felony on his record because I would not be able to control myself when I saw the school officials or the arresting police officer.
I'll bet the school has baseball bats for gym class. More baseball bats have been used as weapons than butter knives!
Tylenol or throat drops require an doctor's prescription AND a faxed form letter detailing how/when it is to be administered.
I just give my son the tylenol and tell him to not to let anyone see him take it and if the drug dogs come to school to swollow it immediately.
swallow.
As ridiculous as this whole thing sounds, methinks there's a little more to this story....
Mike
Been there, done that. Our kid took one in his lunch pail when he was 12; got in big trouble. When he was even younger he was selling half his candy bar to another kid for 25 cents and got sent to the principal on drug charges. I'm not entirely unsympathetic to the teacher's situation. Trading candy and drugs could look a lot alike. Butter knives? I don't know, guess I'd have to walk in their shoes to fully understand.
-Cliff
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