Seriously, what other industry outside of 'education' is this brain dead, this incompetent, this immature and this insecure that they have to demonstrate their power in such a childish manner?
It's like a power-hungry pre-pubescent child who is looking for reasons to flex their authority. Teachers want to be respected, they want to be recognized as professionals; yet this is the ONLY industry where you see this level of extremely poor judgement. This makes the TSA seem like a highly functional, mature and professional organization.
I have grandkids younger than 5 that exercise better judgement. The Grandkids got caught holding a 'Dance Party' on Grandma's piano - but I would only guess that the Teachers wouldn't do this because they are too lazy to crawl up there in the first place.
Wonder how they found it and wonder if they violated his constitutional rights by searching for it.
Just imagine if he had say a tire iron or some long pointy thing like a 6 inch screw driver in his car too? ;~))
Many many years ago, a cousin of mine was a witness for the prosecution in a murder trial. He saw a man kill another man by stabbing him with a screw driver. It was a far more deadly weapon than a two inch pocket knife.
That is the whole point of these Zero Tolerance policies.
The schools will tell you that these policies are to ensure that all of your kids are kept safe.
The real reason is to avoid having to make judgment calls on who will be punished and who will not.
Making judgment calls risk making a parent agree, it risk litigation if a parent thinks his child was treated differently than some other.
Avoiding litigation has forced school officials in to one size fits all rules.
Politicians!!!