Call it weapon creep.
We all know schools have zero tolerance for anything lethal, real or imagined.
We've seen students (usually boys) suspended or expelled for pointing fingers and saying "bang" at recess.
For possessing nail files borrowed from Mommy's purse.
For--gasp-- drawing guns during art sessions.
No objections to kicking dumb asses out of school for bringing replicas or real guns to class.
But here's where we draw the line:
Don't suspend a seven-year-old for brandishing a Pop-Tart shaped like a gun and saying "bang, bang" in his second-grade classroom.
That's what happened to Josh Welsh at Park Elementary School in Maryland 18 months ago. His appeal to the school board failed this week. (7 SEPTEMBER 2014)
