Pencils are one of the most lethal weapons in the schools and they are OK.
Ha.
Someone should invent a slip on eraser for a wooden pencil that resembles the handle of a dagger. That would get them going wouldn’t it?
When I was a kid we used to disable the members of the opposing football teams with blackboard erasers.
I was once pummeled with a scientific calculator and a smuggled-in whoopie cushion.
And there was a story floating around about a kid named Jimmy Jacks that was decapitated during PE with a pair of gym shorts and a water balloon.
In many districts, they are NOT 'okay', if they are "over-sharpened".
The first time we heard of this was when we asked a friend's grandchild why her writing had such thick lines; why didn't she use a sharp penci?.
She explained that there is a 'depointer' next to the pencil sharpener. Students first sharpen a pencil, then use the device to break the sharp tip off the point. Failure to do so meant you were creating a 'weapon'.