Ursus wrote:
She cried foul because the punishment did not fit the crime. This was a kid that was in kindergarten, with possibly no prior experience in dealing with the bureaucratic rigamarole of a school system, 'bout a mere month after school started.
The school has a certain amount of discretion at its disposal, in choosing how they're gonna handle each case. The article even mentioned the Colorado state law which "gives school districts discretion over which incidents to administer punishment instead of mandatory expulsion or suspension."
This school clearly chose not to exercise any such discretion when it came to Anthony Saenz and his nerf gun.
Ursus, this is going to have to be one of those time I agree to disagree with you. There is no way schools are going to budge on this and I would hope they don't.
I will say this, I do feel for Anthony. Like I said he probably was just bringing the toy gun to school to show off, I hope so.
His mother will have to step up and explain to him what is going on. It is not the end of the world, his teacher can also help the situation by explaining also. If they can work in tandem with him his transition back into school will be less stigmatic.
There was a article I posted a few months back about (4) second graders who were arrested at school (handcuffed and taken away in a patty wagon) for threatening their teacher with toy guns and foul language. I understand this is different and a little older but not by much, 2 years.
Guns of any kind can not be tolerated in schools.