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hogdogs · September 9, 2011, 03:14 PM

Lemme share a little of "the flip side of the coin"...

I am a florida resident and well aware of some of the cases where "Zero Tolerance" rules have ruined the records of otherwise excellent kids with no other bad marks in their file...

Here is the "flip side"... There is a SMALL rural K-12 PUBLIC school which I will not name for fear that someone may find out how the "officials" do not honor the state mandated rules...

This school has an Agriculture program. The teacher of the ag classes knows which students carry the sharper knives to open feed sacks and cut bailing twine etc...

He has been heard telling "little Johnny" that he needs to learn to sharpen a knife.

This school has averaged a graduating class of 40-60 students each year since the 40's. This number would decrease severely and they would lose numerous faculty if they "raided" the parking lot full of (mostly) pick up trucks. They would find numerous guns and machetes during non-hunting seasons and exponentially more during hunting seasons...

This was a school I was proud to have educating my kids!

Brent

September 9, 2011, 03:14 PM	#121
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	Lemme share a little of "the flip side of the coin"... I am a florida resident and well aware of some of the cases where "Zero Tolerance" rules have ruined the records of otherwise excellent kids with no other bad marks in their file... Here is the "flip side"... There is a SMALL rural K-12 PUBLIC school which I will not name for fear that someone may find out how the "officials" do not honor the state mandated rules... This school has an Agriculture program. The teacher of the ag classes knows which students carry the sharper knives to open feed sacks and cut bailing twine etc... He has been heard telling "little Johnny" that he needs to learn to sharpen a knife. This school has averaged a graduating class of 40-60 students each year since the 40's. This number would decrease severely and they would lose numerous faculty if they "raided" the parking lot full of (mostly) pick up trucks. They would find numerous guns and machetes during non-hunting seasons and exponentially more during hunting seasons... This was a school I was proud to have educating my kids! Brent