Time to say farewell to public schools.....

[Theunicornhunter 2]

channel9

 

School officials say the 5th grader was brown-bagging it. She brought a piece of steak for her lunch, but she also brought a steak knife. That's when deputies were called.

 

It happened in the cafeteria at Sunrise Elementary School. The 10-year-old used the knife to cut the meat.

 

"She did not use it inappropriately. She did not threaten anyone with it. She didn't pull it out and brandish it. Nothing of that nature," explained Marion County School Spokesman Kevin Christian.

 

But a couple of teachers took the utensil and called the sheriff. When deputies arrived, they were unable to get the child's parents on the phone, so they arrested her and took her to the county's juvenile assessment center.

 

"And we didn't handcuff her or treat her like a criminal. But, we took her to the assessment center to be assessed," said Capt. James Pogue, Marion County Sheriff's Office.

 

School officials said it doesn't matter what the knife was being used for. They said they had no choice.

 

"Anytime there's a weapon on campus, yes, we have to report it and we aggressively report it because we don't want to take any chances, regardless," Christian said.

 

But the sheriff's office said the extreme measures in what some may say was a harmless incident had to do with school policy, not theirs.

 

"But once we're notified, we have to take some type of action," Pogue explained.

 

The student now faces a felony charge for the possession of a weapon on school property and the principal suspended her for ten days. The parents of the girl could not be reached for comment.

 

The sheriff's office has turned the case over to the State Attorney's Office.

 

There's a chance to vote at website - 97% of those voting thought arresting the girl was too extreme - I'm wondering about those 3%.

[trekz 7]

Another case of zero telerance policies run amok imo. These policies need to be thought out, not just blindly adopted and administed. If schools are this scared of weapons, go the whole nine yards and install metal detectors. Then anything detected gets stopped at the door.

 

These parents used some poor judgement - they should be punished, not the child. Don't they have a cell phone? :lol:

[Kor37 9]

Gee.....all I ever got for lunch was a PB & J or a bologna sandwich!.... :lol:

 

Seriously though....I wonder if these so-called "educators" have any idea of how ridiculous they make themselves look when they do things like this?

[Wishfire 2]

"Anytime there's a weapon on campus, yes, we have to report it and we aggressively report it because we don't want to take any chances, regardless," Christian said.

 

That's all fine and good, but there was not weapon. There was a potential weapon, but potentital does not mean anything without a will behind it.

[Theunicornhunter 2]

They really need to outlaw pens and pencils - talk about potential weapons - sharp, pointed objects.

 

And scissors oh my.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

I would have sent a not home saying "Please give your kid something that doesn't need a knife to eat" and left it at that.

[jadziaezri 0]

bit extreem

[Trip05401 0]

I would have sent a not home saying "Please give your kid something that doesn't need a knife to eat" and left it at that.

 

Exaxtly I agree

[youbroughtheryouRiker 2]

Should have made it a PB & Steak sandwich.... well maybe not.

[GhostofMajorHayes 10]

I would have sent a not home saying "Please give your kid something that doesn't need a knife to eat" and left it at that.

 

Exaxtly I agree

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Yep

 

 

 

Should have made it a PB & Steak sandwich.... well maybe not.

 

 

 

:lol: :lol: Yeah, on second thought your right.

Edited December 18, 2007 by GhostofMajorHayes

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

Oh, yeah, I would have supervised the kid eating the steak and then FedEx'd the knife home but that is about it.