Police: “Not a weapon”, School: “Expelled”
The Muscatine Journal reports on a student expelled from school for the rest of this year and half of next for bringing an Air-soft pellet gun to school to show his friends. The police took a look at it and declined to arrest the boy (this time the police are on the side of sanity, at least,) but the school has expelled him anyway.
Now the school district is working with the parents to figure out how to continue his education despite the expulsion. Don’t worry, though, taxpayer money will cover the costs for, say, homeschooling assistance. I guess the idea of giving him three days of in-school suspension and getting him back to his studies was out of the question?
Ah, sweet: good to see that some local people are complete idiots too. Wonderful. At Davenport Central, however, if your kid is assaulted unprovoked it’s just a week suspension. I guess it’s better for someone to be hurt, rather than someone bring a toy to school.
I remember when those stupid guns were advertised in kids comic books, for pete’s sake; no one was killed with them back then…
There is a bright side to this story: it reveals a back-door to get the state to subsidize home-schooling!
1. Register for the school year.
2. Bring an Air-soft pellet gun to school.
3. Get expelled and negotiate for coverage of homeschooling costs.
Its DIY school vouchers!
Pure genius.