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Don't get it?
Bob Rosebrough, GBL, B-200 (rosebro@GGPL.ARSUSDA.GOV)
Fri, 8 May 1998 08:58:00 -0500
Don't get it?? Some of you posting to this list just don't understand
that very few, if any, schools have any kind of flexibility concerning
weapons in schools. The term is very broadbased, and it should be
understood that policies were developed by politically intuned school
boards. The recent history of violent events in schools are certainly
spurring concerns of weapons in schools. Most teachers I know would love
to have flexibility in dealing with kids, but their hands are tied. Yes,
I agree that it is unfair that the "good kid" who accidentally brings a
pocket knife is lumped in with the kid who might be armed to the teeth
for insidious reasons . What is the alternative if you, as a school
administrator, are trying to promote a violence-free atmosphere and treat
each child as a unique entity? Let's suppose that some genuinely worthy
kid is suspended to the Board of Education for 365 days for carrying a
weapon into a school. The complaint is then raised that some nice honor
student got away with the same offense even though nice honor student
views his knife as a tool. Where do you go from here given our very
legal society? The only answer is consistency, unfair as it may seem.
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
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