tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post9151186691025607365..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Sanity Finally Reigns in Delawaremike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-76487701039014178272009-10-14T09:43:19.005-07:002009-10-14T09:43:19.005-07:00Ah, come now. The kid is obviously very much a thr...Ah, come now. The kid is obviously very much a threat who intended great harm. His weapon of choice not only good for attacking his victim, but eating his victim afterwards.<br /><br />Joking aside, I will attend our next local school board meeting and find out if they have a 'zero tolerance policy'. If so, I will also ask how come they hire administrators so poorly qualified they cannot be trusted with these basic tasks of not only enforcing rules for safety, but educating our kids in the process. Zachary's treatment at the hand of his school's administrators was a travesty. I would hate to have my 4th grade son go through anything like it.Rick Stephensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-88153461919353598102009-10-14T08:04:45.272-07:002009-10-14T08:04:45.272-07:00Zero tolerance, by its very definition, is simply ...Zero tolerance, by its very definition, is simply a way for school to ditch its responsibility to exercise discretion.<br /><br />Then again, I wouldn't want to have to face an army of uptight parents who all think their kid is too good for that school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-91524429051776686662009-10-14T07:15:12.955-07:002009-10-14T07:15:12.955-07:00I also think that incident like the one that happe...I also think that incident like the one that happened to your wife that aren't dealt with properly are in part what leads to zero tolerance because sometimes people feel as though the school can't be trusted to use discretion.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-82548790497628347432009-10-14T06:57:01.255-07:002009-10-14T06:57:01.255-07:00It can also go too much the other way. My wife is ...It can also go too much the other way. My wife is a substitute teacher in rural Illinois and recently had a 4" knife pulled on her by a student (3rd grade). He wasn't playing but was rather threatening her with it. The incident was reported and absolutely NO action was taken. It appears that extreme positions, one way or the other are the rule.<br /><br />http://www.exposingtheleft.blogspot.comtraderrobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10320707905808135206noreply@blogger.com