[sinkspur]

Suspending kindergartners for being kindergartners is stupid, but so is a civil lawsuit. If the school has a policy, it has a policy.

Take the kids to another school. Problem solved.

[Steve_Seattle]

"suspending kindergatners for being kindergartners is stupid, but so is a civil lawsuit"

I basically agree. As Robert Bork has pointed out, the Constitution does not protect us from all bad laws or stupid regulations, only unconstitutional ones, and to raise constitutional issues here is a reach. As for the school board, they are cretins. Virtually every boy in my generation played cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, and war, and we did not grow up to be mass murderers. It is pathetic and a bit frightening that the school board cannot tell the difference between playing and real violence, and the less said about the tattle-tale students the better. Hitler and Stalin would have loved them.

[justshutupandtakeit]

1) any wagers that if these children were black they would have been suspended? Since there are likely disparate punishments meted out to different races constitutional issues can easily be involved. Me, I wouldn't have sued but the administrators would have a full time job just dealing with me if this sh!t was pulled on one of my children.

2) most of these rules are so idiotic they are not posted or publicized for fear that their incredible absurdity would draw negative attention. Who is going to think that they would have to tell their 6 yr olds that they can't play games they have played for most of their short lives.