[El Laton Caliente]

And this should be handled like your father did, but it will not be. The kid is going to juvenile detention, child protective services will be called in, he'll be suspended long enough to possibly fail this year, the kid and parents will have to go to indoctrination...er...counseling, etc.

The point is that insTead of addressing the problems of responsibility and morality the schools are doing what the rest of .gov is, REGULATE.

[kellynla]

I'd rather have the kid held back than dead. You are blaming the school for the parent's irresponsiblity. It's the parents' responsibility to make sure their children are in school. And if I were a teacher and I saw some kid outside with a gun you can bet I would call the police and lock down the school. That's has been one of the main problems with schools for the past forty years. Parents drop off their kids and expect the teachers to not only teach but to RAISE the children. People are having children that they fail, fail, fail to discipline and help with their education. It is not the schools' job to teach children resonsibility and morality. IT IS THE PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITY! If you don't like the system then homeschool like alot of people are doing. That's what I plan to do.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Funny, I thought some on here are blaming the school - teachers - for not identifying the gun as being low caliber (pellet - harmless in some regards). Maybe they need further educating on guns so they can effectivley monitor children better, since obviously parents don't care. Is that what you want? Sounds like bigger Govt and more Govt control if you ask me.

Is it too much to ask that parents raise their children instead of defaulting to the schools?