Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence."Zero Tolerance" is how the school boards and teachers' unions create the appearance of "doing something" without ever having to exercise anything resembling judgement or common sense.
-Eric
Yep, you are so right. They create the appearance of doing something, dare I say the illusion, and then when things go horribly wrong, they can shrug and say, "I had no choice - the rules didn't give any leeway" (I was only following orders - hmmm, where have I heard that before)...
I think it's more a case of their lawyers not wanting to be sued by whiners for enforcing the rules in a discriminatory manner.