district policy and the Texas Education Code prohibit a student from possessing an illegal knife, one with a blade longer than 5 and a half inches that is "designed to cut or stab another by being thrown," according to the Texas Penal Code.
Cheap dollar store box cutters-the weapon of choice for fashionable teenage girls. They come in a variety of colors to match any outfit and can easily fit inside of a handbag or the pockets of those hip-hugger jeans.
Actually, if schrool administrators think that a bread knife is a weapon, then that is one more reason not to send kids to public school. A bread knife is only a weapon if you are a loaf of bread.