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Knife At Lunch Gets 10-Year-Old Girl Arrested At School
WFTV.COM ^ | 12/14/07 | WFTV.COM

Posted on 12/17/2007 12:36:23 PM PST by DFG

OCALA, Fla. -- A 10-year old Ocala girl brought her lunch to school and a small kitchen knife to cut it. She now faces a felony charge after being arrested. The school and the sheriff's office disagree on the reason for the arrest.

School officials say the 5th grader was brown-bagging it. She brought a piece of steak for her lunch, but she also brought a steak knife. That's when deputies were called.

It happened in the cafeteria at Sunrise Elementary School. The 10-year-old used the knife to cut the meat.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: discipline; florida; pc; threadnumber3; zerotolerance
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Zero-tolerance run amok.
1 posted on 12/17/2007 12:36:24 PM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

Good grief!


2 posted on 12/17/2007 12:37:54 PM PST by beltfed308 (Rudy: When you absolutely,positively need a liberal for President.)
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To: DFG
She brought a piece of steak for her lunch

What the hell. What happened to PB&J for kids sack lunch.

Oh yea and Zero-tolerance does more harm then good.

3 posted on 12/17/2007 12:39:09 PM PST by Domandred (Eagles soar, but unfortunately weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
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To: DFG

Are there kitchen utensils of any kind on the school property?


4 posted on 12/17/2007 12:39:31 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: DFG

Whew. That was a close call. Good thing the authorities were able to deflect this mass-murderess’s plot.

TC


5 posted on 12/17/2007 12:39:56 PM PST by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: DFG

At first glance, I thought the TV station was WTFV which would’ve been oddly fitting. At least she wasn’t drug running, like passing out aspirin or something. I bet those charges would be worse.


6 posted on 12/17/2007 12:39:57 PM PST by faloi
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To: DFG

Thus what happens when Teachers are not allowed to use common sense.


7 posted on 12/17/2007 12:40:15 PM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: DFG

Sheriff’s just blindly enforce any law...what happened to unjust laws and the duty of LEO to use their brain?


8 posted on 12/17/2007 12:40:24 PM PST by George from New England
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Are there kitchen utensils of any kind on the school property?

Shhhh, don't mention that! They'll have to give the kids nothing but vitamin-fortified gruel!

9 posted on 12/17/2007 12:40:49 PM PST by Tax-chick (Every committee wants to take over the world.)
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To: DFG
"Anytime there's a weapon on campus, yes, we have to report it and we aggressively report it because we don't want to take any chances, regardless," Christian said.

It was no more a weapon then a baseball bat used by a baseball team to play baseball.

Both can be pretty deadly if used as a weapon, but if not used that way, they are not in fact weapons.

10 posted on 12/17/2007 12:41:25 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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To: DFG

RUN AWAY!!!


11 posted on 12/17/2007 12:41:32 PM PST by TexGuy
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steak? not fair, my mom never sent me with anything but PB&J.


12 posted on 12/17/2007 12:41:51 PM PST by absolootezer0 (white male christian hetero married gun toting SUV driving motorcycle riding conservative smoker)
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To: Domandred

“What happened to PB&J for kids sack lunch.”

Threat of lawsuits from some students with peanut allergies has banned peanut products from some schools.

That said, What’s wrong with bringing a piece of leftover steak to school for lunch?


13 posted on 12/17/2007 12:42:06 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: DFG

Old story:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939699/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939701/posts


14 posted on 12/17/2007 12:42:36 PM PST by donna (Obama on cocaine: "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it.")
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To: Tax-chick

How many knives do you have in your school?


15 posted on 12/17/2007 12:42:42 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: DFG

This is why public schools should not exist. They hire fools to run them.


16 posted on 12/17/2007 12:42:55 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: George from New England

I used to think that a good way to bring about the repeal of stupid laws would be to strictly enforce them to create a backlash. Having seen where zero-tolerance is going, I gave up on the notion.


17 posted on 12/17/2007 12:43:09 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Dozens, and that doesn’t count the ones for knife-throwing class.


18 posted on 12/17/2007 12:43:26 PM PST by Tax-chick (Every committee wants to take over the world.)
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To: faloi
I thought the TV station was WTFV which would’ve been oddly fitting.

K-WHAT? Unbuilt Maui TV station lands questionable call letters

FR flashback

19 posted on 12/17/2007 12:44:14 PM PST by Domandred (Eagles soar, but unfortunately weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
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What happened to PB&J for kids sack lunch.

Peanut butter is probably banned due to a student years prior with a food allergy.


20 posted on 12/17/2007 12:44:16 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE ("life is dangerous")
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