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.
Perhaps a new school board would help.
This all traces back to the liberal handmaidens, the trial lawyers. Zero tolerance is the unions' and governments' way of avoiding decisions which may get someone sued. It also conveniently limits individual freedom, the true purpose. After the masses are conditioned by political correctness and zero tolerance to accept government control, no matter how idiotic, it is only a small step to acceptance of total government control. We almost have that now without realizing it. That is the plan.