First-Grader Suspended Over Plastic Squirt Gun

[pstokely]

http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/9887289/detail.html

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A mother is angry that her first-grader was suspended from school over a plastic toy gun.

"I asked her, 'You're going to suspend my son for 10 days for this? He cannot harm a soul with this,'" said Danielle Womack, whose son, Tawann Caskey, was suspended from Milton Moore Elementary School.

KMBC's Natalie Moultrie reported that Tawann was suspended over a 2-inch plastic squirt gun.


"She told me it's a weapon, a little girl saw it and reported to a teacher that he had a weapon," Womack said.

[Broken_Hero]

1. Great...the kid SOOOO deserved this ten day

vacation...like thats going to do any good.

[BarenakedLady]

2. His mother named him Tawann

hasn't he suffered enough?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Oh my.

And we may have just unintentionably stumbled on the real reason for his suspension.

[KamaAina]

6. DING DING DING! We have a winner!

Here's the perp. :sarcasm: See if he fits the description:



And remember, folks, guns don't kill people, 2-inch plastic squirt guns kill people. :sarcasm:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Yup.

Some schools have less zero-tolerance than others.

[Katina]

4. most schools today have a no tolerance policy

it absolves teachers from using any common sense. I don't mean to blame teachers because of stupid policies implemented by principles or school districts, but when teachers aren't given the discretion to use common sense, it just pisses me off. So the kid gets a 10 day vacation, WTF does that teach him? :wtf:

[rug]

5. The same school district will give his name to the military recruiters