Tag: Zero Tolerance
When The Punishment Doesn’t Fit The Crime, Or… It’s The Over-Reaction, Stupid
Doodling on a school desk is wrong. Hauling a 12 year old girl out of school in handcuffs for doodling her name on her desk in erasable marker is worse. Alexa Gonzalez was scribbling a few words on her desk Monday while waiting for her Spanish teacher to pass out homework at Junior High School […]
Christina School Board Reverses Decision
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 […]
Zachary’s Story Goes National
Do you remember the story of Zachary, a 6 year-old student in the Christina school district who was suspended for bringing camping utensils to school? This story has been picked up by the New York Times. Finding character witnesses when you are 6 years old is not easy. But there was Zachary Christie last week […]
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