Posted on 10/16/2009 10:56:47 AM PDT by broken_arrow1
Call him Mr. Zero Tolerance.
The upstate New York school superintendent who suspended an Eagle Scout for 20 days for keeping a 2-inch utility knife locked in his car is unwilling to speak to the teen's family or bend in his ruling.
Lansingburgh Central School District Superintendent George J. Goodwin, 55, said in a written statement that his district "has an established policy of zero tolerance with respect to the possession of weapons of any kind on school property or in school buildings."
But nowhere in the school district's rule book, which is published online, is there any mention of a "zero tolerance" policy, leading some to question whether Goodwin, in fact, was compelled to suspend the youth.
Seventeen-year-old Matthew Whalen, a senior at Lansingburgh High School in Troy, N.Y., says he got in trouble over a survival kit he keeps in his car that includes a sleeping bag, water, a ready-to-eat meal and the small pocketknife, which was given to him by his grandfather, a police chief in a nearby town.
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“Cower”?
This is the only way to stop the evil indoctrination of our kids. The lunatics are running the asylum.
Super-Socialist Super-tard George J. Goodwin doesn’t seem to be answering his phone these days. However, I got through on the listed High School phone number and filed a complaint.
My son is a Boy Scout, which is the great last bastion of good will and honor in the F-d up country!! I let them know that in no uncertain terms.
Burn down the phone lines!!
BUMP
A vehicle can also be used as a weapon.
Apparently, the scout was asked if he was carrying any weapons on his person, and he replied no. Then they asked him if he had anything in his car, to which he honestly replied yes. ...so much for honesty.
I had a high school coach, that went through our underwear in our lockers, while we did laps, we had to wear jock straps, and if he found brown spots on anyone’s breifs...lack of personal higene, we had to go home. They need to check this guys underwear, I but he has a smudge...send him home, there ought to be something he has done that they could throw the book at him.
"I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for some intelligence on the part of administrators to use discretion and judgment in their daily decisions," said Bryan Whalen. "Otherwise, what are we paying them for?
"You could have a trained monkey or a computer sitting there just spitting out right and wrong and never any gray areas. That's just not the way the world works," he told Foxnews.com.
I would like to see the school super suspended without pay until an investigation into his competency can be completed.
Since the article included my exact sentiments, I need say no more.
We need to find some cop willing to do this to a few school officials.
A tire iron is a deadly weapon. Yes, “it’s a tool”, but so is a pen knife. Heck, so is a RIFLE for that matter.
Zero tolerance is zero tolerance, bucky.
Great point. A tire iron is a far more dangerous weapon than a 2 inch pocket knife. So is a baseball bat. Heck, the car itself is a much deadlier weapon.
Mr. Goodwin is prime evidence that the possession of multiple degrees and lengthy education is NO indication of any brains or common sense.
From Ace of Spades HQ
“Taking down an Eagle Scout, National Guardsman and potential West Point student, is winning the liberal educator trifecta.”
Anyone with power can say "yes" but those with no power can only say no. I've seen it hundreds of times in all walks of life and so has every FReeper here.
He's the supply clerk who will not give you what you need because of a missing form or an incomplete signature or the absent stamp. All the while he has this little smirk showing you "who the boss is".
Think about it and look at this spineless little twit.... look at his face. He sees a boy that is an Eagle Scout and going (hopefully) to West Point. The young man can camp, hike, build things with his hands, shoot, climb and give first aid.
the superintendent of the school can cross his legs well, fill out paperwork, attend mindless meetings and chuckle about how "hard he works"... bwahahahahahahaha...
The young man is full of life and the old turd is jealous. Nothing anybody can say will change his mind, he's too wrapped up in his little fiefdom. The best thing to do is RIDICULE HIM!!!! Point the finger and just laugh at him...
The little self important twits of the world can handle verbal abuse, written abuse and the "slings and arrows" but they can't handle ridicule.
He's a superintendent of a public school.... wow... whoop dee doo!!!!! I hope he can find more of those locked up knives in kid's trunk... since I'm sure that this Eagle Scout was a gang banging thug....
Books can be an effective weapon.
I also think it’s ridiculous that they confiscate pen knives when entering gov’t buildings, etc.
What about a 4th degree black belt?
You gonna take his pen knife so that everyone in the building is safer?
You gonna handcuff him and put him in leg irons to enter the building?
wow
He is to be admired. The Super should be fired.
He is just being stubborn now since he was exposed as an Idiot
“I have no weapons in my car” would be honest! The purpose determines what it is.
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