I doubt anyone is surprised by this decision:
A Newark, Del., first-grader suspended for bringing a camping utensil to school has gotten a reprieve.
Six-year-old Zachary Christie, who attends John R. Downes Elementary School, was ordered to spend 45 days in an alternative school for troublemakers because he wanted to eat pudding during lunch with his favorite camping tool. It’s a combination of folding fork, knife, and spoon.
The Christiana [sic] School District’s board made a hasty change to its strict code of conduct Tuesday night.
The Christina School District received thousands of calls about this case. I just hope that the hasty changes to the policy are good changes and not just a knee-jerk reaction.
Update with further thoughts:
On further reflection I think this decision makes the Christina School Board and the district look bad. The justification for the original suspension was that this was the policy and they had to follow it. But once public pressure started, the school board magically found a way to reverse the policy. So Zachary did end up being treated differently than other children, which was the point of the policy in the first place.