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Johnny Jones who attends school in Fawn Grove, Pa., was suspended from school for a day after he made an imaginary bow out of his pencil, pulled back an imaginary string and shot his imaginary arrow. That was back in October and now his parents are deciding on whether or not to bring legal action. Ten-year-old Johnny Jones was disciplined under the school's zero-tolerance weapons policies. Apparently he asked the teacher for a pencil and while he was walking back to his seat, a classmate held his folder up like an imaginary gun and "shot" at Johnny. Johnny played along...

I am the father of a four-year-old boy and want to ask some other parents out there this question: why do you home school your kids instead of sending them to a private school? I assume you do not send them to public school (aka government schools) because they are too secular or too opposed to your family's values. But why not send them to a private school? Is one not available? Is it too expensive? Are there none suited to your values? Other? The reason I ask is this: I feel there is an opportunity out there to establish...