We’ve seen a number of terrible examples of harsh school disciplinary policies and practices in action this week. The following are just a few examples.
2 Va. Boys Suspended For Using Pencils As Guns
Two Suffolk second graders have been suspended for making shooting noises while pointing pencils at each other.
Media outlets report the 7-year-old boys were suspended for two days for a violation of the Suffolk school system’s zero-tolerance policy on weapons. They were playing with one another in class Friday at Driver Elementary.
After a diabetic high school student fell asleep in study hall, the school police officer slammed her face into a filing cabinet, arrested her and took her to jail, she claims in court. Tieshka Avery claims she was so violently abused that she vomited in the police car. And all because she fell asleep reading “Huckleberry Finn.”
