Why do we tolerate a society where both parents haev to work so neither parent can know the teacher well enough to let sanity handle things like this.

They punish when they should discipline then wonder why we have only extremes.

You well behaved children and then adults, IT IS CALLED PROPORTIONATE RESPONSE.

But in order to have that the parents must know the teachers and schools well enough to actually trust them.
The armed camps where only authority figures are allowed to look someone in the eye will breed extremists and bullies.
Since a tiny breach is treated as a large one, no one sees any reason not to make a large one, if the response is the same for premeditation and accidents, why bother to learn to behave.

You want to get rid of extremists in the schools doing inane things like this, get to know the school your child attends.
You don;t like the policy? Change the policy or change schools, either you have the right to raise your own child or you don’t.
Be a parent and DECIDE.

Sorry to rant, but it’s all the same problem.
SO called weapons are only a problem if the teachers don’t know the students and the parents don’t know the teachers.

I along with a lot of other used to carry pocket knives to cut up apples we had with lunch. Managed to get through K-12 with not a single stabbing, me or anyone else.

It begins with the parents, goes to the teachers rests on the students who will eventually become parents in their own right. SO decide now, do you want grandchildren who walk with eyes averted and downcast, or do you want another generation that went to the moon.

It’s all the same question, you can not climb if you are to afraid of falling.

Ben. A henway of about five pounds? Or the other kind?

It often seems that all it takes is one lawsuit involving any sort of “weapon” anywhere in the country, and school district administrators appear to use that as an excuse to vacate all common sense in the banning of such “weapons” and punishments administered for rule violations.

No, Delta, I don’t carry cat litter in my truck. Ha. But, IF had a traveling cat, I would probably consider it. IF I ever find a cat that likes to ride in a vehicle —never seen one that does— then I’ll add this to my list.

NMC, I consider myself a “conservative” on defense and fiscal issues, and a “liberal” when it comes to individual rights, freedom and liberty guaranteed by our constitution and recognized as inherent. So, maybe I am probably not the typical “conservative” that many of you think of in this regard. And then again, many of the so-called “liberals” these days seem to favor positions that fly against our conastitutional rights, freedom and liberty —so, I don’t really know what term best characterizes them. So that we can all communicate more clearly, maybe we should all try discussing topics without using these terms —– I’ll start, as I am just as guilty as anyone.

Perhaps we could have a long discussion on why political conservatives, willing to go charging off after all kinds of “reforms” like this, or mandatory arbitration, etc., aren’t really conservative in the sense of “lets be very cautious if not opposed to changing the way things are,” but in the sense the word is used in politics, zero tolerance at schools is a conservative policy.