Cortez Curtis, 13, took his mother's calculator to school in Brandon, Fla. In addition to standard math tools, it had a
screwdriver, magnifying glass, and a 2-inch knife. Weapon! screamed Burns Middle School administrators, who immediately suspended the boy for 10 days, brought in the police to file felony weapons charges, and started expulsion hearings, even though he did not "brandish" the tiny knife or threaten anyone with it. "That's what zero tolerance means," sniffed district spokesman Mark Hart. District Superintendent Earl Lennard, however, added that the district tries to use "common sense" in such situations. (Tampa Tribune) ...That's not what zero tolerance means.
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