Free Talk Live - zero tolerance

Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment Goes Bad

phonon — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:48:00 +0000

At 7 a.m. on Monday, the 16 year-old mixed some common household chemicals in a small 8 oz water bottle on the grounds of Bartow High School in Bartow, Florida. The reaction caused a small explosion that caused the top to pop up and produced some smoke. No one was hurt and no damage was caused. After the explosion Wilmot was taken into custody by a school resources officer and charged with possession/discharge of a weapon on school grounds and discharging a destructive device. She will be tried as an adult. She was then taken to a juvenile assessment center.

MD state senator proposes "Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act"

phonon — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:12:06 +0000

A Maryland state senator has crafted a bill to curb the zeal of public school officials who are tempted to suspend students as young as kindergarten for having things — or talking about things, or eating things — that represent guns, but aren’t actually anything like real guns. The bill also includes a section mandating counseling for school officials who fail to distinguish between guns and things that resemble guns. School officials who fail to make such a distinction more than once would face discipline themselves.

Cupcakes topped with army men figures confiscated at school

pmfalcon — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:18:17 +0000

Last week, Casey Fountain’s third grade son had a birthday party at school. His wife whipped up 30 cupcakes for the boy’s classmates. She topped the treats with plastic army guys. “And shortly after my wife delivered the cupcakes to the school she got a phone call from his teacher that said that the army men had to be removed, because they had guns.” Fountain says the principal called him personally and told him that dressing the cupcakes with soldiers was insensitive considering recent gun related tragedies, referring to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut.

Middle Schooler Forced to Take Drug Test to Join Scrapbooking Club

phonon — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:14:56 +0000

A 12 year old girl wanted to join the "scrapbooking club" at her middle school in Milford, Pennsylvania. One day she took home a permission slip. It said that to participate in the club or any school sport, she would have to consent to drug testing. “They were asking a 12-year-old to pee in a cup,” Kathy Kiederer said. “I have a problem with that. They’re violating her right to privacy over scrapbooking?"

Remember the Pizza Gun Incident? This is the cheese bus incident.

snappytype — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:01:45 +0000

My son recently ate his cheese into the shape of a bus. He proceeded to threaten me with it. Should I call the police? Zero tolerance satire here.

Bag of oregano leads to multiple suspensions

phonon — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:17:50 +0000

A Virginia father said he was outraged his son was suspended for possessing a plastic bag of oregano at his middle school.

The bag of oregano, which resembled marijuana, was labeled an "imitation controlled substance" by the school and four students were suspended.

Xmas Club Punished @ Govt School for passing Candy Cane

Renniks — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:19:34 +0000

Skylar Torbett, also a junior, said administrators told him, "The candy canes could be used as weapons by sucking on them and making them have sharp points."