An acquaintance of my daughter's asked another student for change for a dollar, four quarters for a dollar.. a teacher overheard and was convinced it was a drug deal in the making. When he was searched they found a pocketknife he uses at work left in his pocket. Expelled his senior year, zero tolerance. The on campus cop tried to press charges but was unable to. (No drugs were found on either student)
This is only one side of the story of course, but it rings true to this school. His only previous discipline problem was Saturday school for a uniform violation. Just crazy, IMHO.
At one time, people supported zero tolerance policies and supported their schools. Today, when I go to other sites, I read that people are very disatisfied with school policies and the public schools in general. One day, this is going to bite public school administrators on the butt. A whole generation of kids who were harmed by these policies are going to think twice about whether they want their kids in these schools.