Student Nearly Suspended Over LEGO-Sized Gun

[Digging4Truth]

Student Nearly Suspended Over LEGO-Sized Gun

Just how little tolerance is zero tolerance? A Staten Island fourth-grader was reprimanded and almost suspended yesterday when the principal spotted him playing with a LEGO policeman and a two-inch-long toy gun during lunch, the Advance reports.

Under the city's no-tolerance policy regarding guns in schools, PS 52 Principal Evelyn Matroianni brought 9-year-old Patrick Timoney to her office and called his mother to say the boy might be suspended for carrying the miniature toy gun to school, pending the approval of the Department of Education's security administrator. When contacted, the administrator reportedly said the toy should be confiscated and returned to the boy's parents, however no other punishment would be necessary.

"It's crazy," the boy's mother, Laura Timoney, told the paper. "He's missing class time, all for silly toys. The boys are just trying to relax. If there's a real threat, why not call the Police Department?" She noted that another child had brought an action figure that was carrying an ax, but only her son was punished. "When are we going to take responsibility for common sense and logic?" In 2007, a New Jersey 7-year-old was suspended when he drew a picture of gun.

[NewWine]

I just saw this story in GMA!!! SHUT UP!!!! was my reaction. This is absolutely ridiculous, people have no common sense these days. Really yo? A LEGO!!!!! toy. Whoever was involved in this decision needs to

[Digging4Truth]

the administrator reportedly said the toy should be confiscated and returned to the boy's parents, however no other punishment would be necessary.

To which I say... no... the toy doesn't even need to be confiscated and returned to the parents. You guys need to check the flag and make sure that is still an American flag you have outside on the pole.

[NewWine]

I am not a mother and when I read stories like this it really makes me ask the question: would I put my children in a public school. The schools have gotten so out of hand. I worked in our school's office during my senior year of high school and couldn't believe the ridiculous things the school does. I don't think the child should have even been sent to the office. If I were the teacher I would have told the child that I would put the toy in my desk and he could get it at the end of the school day or tell him to put in his backpack and not take it out. Send a note home to the parents that he brought the toy to school and for him not to do so again. These things go into a child's school record and follow them around, then you have good children being labeled.

[John Atkinson]

Our society is just too stupid to live.... time to replace it.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Student Nearly Suspended Over LEGO-Sized Gun

Just how little tolerance is zero tolerance? A Staten Island fourth-grader was reprimanded and almost suspended yesterday when the principal spotted him playing with a LEGO policeman and a two-inch-long toy gun during lunch, the Advance reports.

Under the city's no-tolerance policy regarding guns in schools, PS 52 Principal Evelyn Matroianni brought 9-year-old Patrick Timoney to her office and called his mother to say the boy might be suspended for carrying the miniature toy gun to school, pending the approval of the Department of Education's security administrator. When contacted, the administrator reportedly said the toy should be confiscated and returned to the boy's parents, however no other punishment would be necessary.

"It's crazy," the boy's mother, Laura Timoney, told the paper. "He's missing class time, all for silly toys. The boys are just trying to relax. If there's a real threat, why not call the Police Department?" She noted that another child had brought an action figure that was carrying an ax, but only her son was punished. "When are we going to take responsibility for common sense and logic?" In 2007, a New Jersey 7-year-old was suspended when he drew a picture of gun.

And we think these people have the sense to teach school???

NO WAY!