Post by incaros on Dec 23, 2007 23:10:54 GMT -5
(Copy and pasted from zerointelligence.net)
A 6-year-old Tangelo Park Elementary School student got one heck of a treat this Halloween - a bag of crack. She brought it to school where another student identified the illegal drugs.
Deputies decided after interviewing Berry that it was “evident that no one had criminal intent,” according to the incident report. The case remained under investigation by narcotics investigators Friday night.
The child attended Tangelo Park since kindergarten, school officials said.
“She’s a sweet little girl, not a discipline problem or anything,” said Principal Robert Allen. “She was just caught in a situation that wasn’t her fault.”
Allen said the girl was suspended for three days, as school district policy requires.
A sweet, innocent girl with no bad intent is caught in a situation that all of the adults agree wasn’t her fault. She is suspended for three days because that’s the policy. I can’t think of a better example of why zero tolerance policies don’t work. Who did it, how it was done, why it happened; none of these questions matter. The rule says “If A, then B”. A happened so we’re doing B regardless of how meaningless and incorrect it is under the circumstances.
As a side note, don’t people check their kids treats anymore? We’ve got three boys and I went over their loot with a fine toothed comb. Even if you aren’t concerned over something dangerous being in the goodie bag, this is the only sure way to snag all of the Snickers.
Its things like this that make me worry about humanity. Ever one agreed the girl was innocent, and she was STILL punished due to policy. I swear....who ever invented zero tolerance for schools should be punished for a crime against humanity.
A 6-year-old Tangelo Park Elementary School student got one heck of a treat this Halloween - a bag of crack. She brought it to school where another student identified the illegal drugs.
Deputies decided after interviewing Berry that it was “evident that no one had criminal intent,” according to the incident report. The case remained under investigation by narcotics investigators Friday night.
The child attended Tangelo Park since kindergarten, school officials said.
“She’s a sweet little girl, not a discipline problem or anything,” said Principal Robert Allen. “She was just caught in a situation that wasn’t her fault.”
Allen said the girl was suspended for three days, as school district policy requires.
A sweet, innocent girl with no bad intent is caught in a situation that all of the adults agree wasn’t her fault. She is suspended for three days because that’s the policy. I can’t think of a better example of why zero tolerance policies don’t work. Who did it, how it was done, why it happened; none of these questions matter. The rule says “If A, then B”. A happened so we’re doing B regardless of how meaningless and incorrect it is under the circumstances.
As a side note, don’t people check their kids treats anymore? We’ve got three boys and I went over their loot with a fine toothed comb. Even if you aren’t concerned over something dangerous being in the goodie bag, this is the only sure way to snag all of the Snickers.
Its things like this that make me worry about humanity. Ever one agreed the girl was innocent, and she was STILL punished due to policy. I swear....who ever invented zero tolerance for schools should be punished for a crime against humanity.