A 3rd grader who was suspended for bringing a tiny GI Joe gun (the little 1/2 inch things) has been reinstated by the school board. While doing the right thing in this case, they still won't admit there's a problem with their rules and the way they are enforced:

"Keep in mind that we're trying to run safe schools," Shiver said. "Now sometimes the public does not like what we do to make schools secure, but at the same time we have to make sure that the children are protected."

Its pretty clear to me, and probably all of you, that a policy banning 1/2 inch plastic action figure guns isn't doint a damn thing to "make sure that the children are protected".

Over the past 2 years of really paying attention to zero tolerance policies at schools, it does appear to me that the situation is improving slightly for students. Principals and teachers tend to still go overboard in an attempt to comply with the letter of the rules, but school boards are more often overturning their decisions.

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