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CA: Student arrested for making wooden knife in shop class (8th grader and 2 incher)
San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 12/19/07 | Debbi Baker

Posted on 12/19/2007 3:02:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge

CHULA VISTA – A middle school student was arrested Tuesday after a teacher saw him fashioning a small knife out of wood during a shop class.

The boy, who is in eighth grade at Castle Park Middle School, was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m. and then released to his parents, said Chula Vista police spokesman Bernard Gonzalez.

The boy has been suspended for four days, said Sweetwater Union High School District spokeswoman Lillian Leopold. When he returns to school after the holiday break he will also undergo counseling, Leopold said.

District policy says that a student will be expelled if they are found in possession of a knife with a blade 3½ inches or longer, Leopold said.

The knife the boy made was 2 inches long, she said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: arrested; california; homeschoolingisgood; publikskoolz; student; woodenknife; zerotolerance
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1 posted on 12/19/2007 3:02:31 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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maybe he was mimicking Dillinger trying to escape.
2 posted on 12/19/2007 3:04:01 PM PST by boomop1
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90% of the tools in the shop were more dangerous weapons.


3 posted on 12/19/2007 3:04:50 PM PST by SF Republican
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Heck, I made a cannon when I was in high-school. Forty pounds of brass after I cut all the sprues off.


4 posted on 12/19/2007 3:05:13 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: NormsRevenge
When he returns to school after the holiday break he will also undergo counseling, Leopold said.

Counseling for his abuse by school officials and the police?

5 posted on 12/19/2007 3:05:43 PM PST by Luke Skyfreeper
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To: NormsRevenge
Was he making it with a sharp eight inch long chisel?
6 posted on 12/19/2007 3:05:43 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Government is the hired help - not the boss. When politicians forget that they must be fired.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Cops and school teachers out of their collective minds. What else is new?


7 posted on 12/19/2007 3:05:45 PM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: NormsRevenge
Pencils are longer than 3 1/2 inches...so are pens. Better expel the entire student body.

Abject morons and nincompoops are in control of most schools.

8 posted on 12/19/2007 3:06:29 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: NormsRevenge

The administrator morons never saw a wooden letter opener, I guess!


9 posted on 12/19/2007 3:07:23 PM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
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could be. lol. breaking out of detention.. I’d be curious what his background is. gangs in the school, was he just “goofing off”, killing time?


10 posted on 12/19/2007 3:07:46 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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My grandkids and I have wood shields and swords.

The kids ought to call the cops on the teachers though. I bet they all have 12 inch wood blades in their desks. They are called rulers.

11 posted on 12/19/2007 3:07:48 PM PST by CindyDawg
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We have met the enemy....and he is us!


12 posted on 12/19/2007 3:08:20 PM PST by Diego1618
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The boy was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m.

Taken into custody?

Strip search? Mug shots? Drug test? Finger prints? DNA sample?

13 posted on 12/19/2007 3:09:02 PM PST by dragnet2
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Taken into custody for what? Is there a law in Chula Vista that forbids making artwork in woodshop? Note to family: Sue the police, ASAP. Going after districts usually isn’t anywhere near as profitable. Besides, get this in front of a jury, and they’ll go wacko. ‘My son made this’ says the mother, holding it up, then with the court’s permission, walks to the jury box as it was impossible to see at that distance. ‘And was arrested for it.’
14 posted on 12/19/2007 3:09:29 PM PST by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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To: DuncanWaring

I think more “stars” were made in Metal Shop than any thing else.


15 posted on 12/19/2007 3:09:59 PM PST by Mark was here (Hard work never killed anyone, but why take the chance?)
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To: NormsRevenge

I made a longbow in shop class, it would drive an arrow through a haybale.


16 posted on 12/19/2007 3:10:07 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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This reminds me of an episode of King of the Hill when Hank volunteered to be a shop teacher.


17 posted on 12/19/2007 3:10:52 PM PST by Tai_Chung
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It’s a good thing he wasn’t making a zip gun or such..

I would consult with counsel, ya never know.

It worked for Tigger socks gal.

and Remember, every day is a suing day in California.. teach ‘em young.


18 posted on 12/19/2007 3:11:57 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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That’s nothing; my kid can make a glock out of a graham cracker.


19 posted on 12/19/2007 3:12:03 PM PST by LongElegantLegs (Kill them with kindness, then taser them for fun.)
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To: Mark was here

Oh yeah, too funny. That was a while ago...


20 posted on 12/19/2007 3:12:31 PM PST by Lx ((Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.))
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