Weapons in School: Zero Tolerance

[monster]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Excellent link. It brings up the issue of intent and context. If Monster's son had been taunting a kid whose family had been gunned down the week before, probably not protected. But in the absence of any specific circumstances, just drawing a picture of a gun is hardly impeding the school's mission to teach. While the act of drawing, in itself, may have been disruptive, then that is what the charge should be, not invoking the zero tolerance policy for guns.

Quite. It was actually in "free time" apparently. And if it had been the former, I think bullying would have been the issue rather than weapons. But zero tolerance does not allow for intent.