Boy who found cigarette lighter suspended from school
Students at Grace Breckwedel Middle School
Officials suspended a fifth-grader in New Jersey who found a lighter on his way to school.
Jamesburg school superintendent Gail Verona told The Home News Tribune of East Brunswick the lighter had the potential to compromise student safety.
Zero tolerance stupidity – designed for bureaucratic hacks – afraid to think and make responsible decisions on their own.
But the 11-year-old boy’s father questioned why school officials consider the lighter a weapon.
Patrick Halpin called police Wednesday to say there were weapons on school property because teachers at the Grace Breckwedel Middle School had lighters in the building…
The superintendent says a weapon is anything that ”has the potential to cause harm.”
Jamesburg Police Chief Martin Horvath says he believes the school took appropriate action.
Which goes to say that the school superintendent and the police chief enjoy mutual political masturbation. On the taxpayer dime.
It’s what happens when the public wants tougher action when they don’t even know what the current punishment is.
Morey
September 23, 2010 at 2:15 pm
My hand has the potential to cause harm. Does that mean all the students should be suspended until they get their hands, arms, legs, and teeth amputated?
Bob
October 4, 2010 at 9:03 am