Sad but true, and sometimes downright outrageous, zero tolerance stories in the news
These are stories from all over the country. While they seem numerous please keep in mind that the majority of them never make it into the news. If you have a story that you’d like to share please contact us.
Unfortunately this page will be updated on an almost daily basis.
CNN - Glen Beck Show (Transcript).
10/30/07: Lumberton school's hit list warrants FBI visit
10/29/07: 17-year-old disciplined for shotgun shells at school
10/23/07: Errant e-mail leaves school chief mortified (HIPOCRITES!)
10/22/07: N.J. Boy, 7, Suspended After Drawing Gun
10/22/07: Expulsion seems awfully extreme
10/21/07: Student Suspended, Then Expelled, For Bringing Butter Knife To School
10/16/07: How would you feel? (Letter written by a victim. See the link below for the original story.)
9/26/07: (“How would you feel?” Original story)Court rules school officials acted properly in strip search (Strip searched for IBUPROFEN!)
10.14.07: Color us confused by body paint ban
10.14.07: COMMON SENSE PREVAILS! School strikes right balance in MySpace threat
10/9/07: COMMON SENSE PREVAILS! A better way
9/27/07: School Security Guards Beat Teen over Cake Spill (with Video)
9/27/07: Teen's penalty cut to 4 days for comb
9/26/07: North Ogden parents upset over school watergun policy (Sometimes it’s the PARENTS who scare us!)
9/24/07: Second Chances
9/19/07: Seeking quality of life at the point of a gun?
We've been reading these stories for quite some time and thought that it couldn't get any worse. We were wrong...
9/17/07: Tinpot tolerance
9/16/07: Learning about liberty on Constitution's day (or Teach the children the rights they no longer have)
9/14/07: Rude administrators? We’ve run into a few of those.
9/14/07: Zero tolerance makes zero sense
9/9/07: Family sues school over knife search
9/08/07: Mom gave son a Swiss army knife…
9/08/07: The inmates really ARE running the asylum!
9/6/07: Sprayberry H.S. Teen Charged with Felony for Knife at School
8/31/07: Why is the school even involved in this?
8/31/07: What happens when the shoe is on the other foot?
8/30/07: Florence eighth-grader suspended for sketching a gun
8/22/07: Arizona School Suspends 13-Year-Old Boy for Drawing Gun
7/23/07: Two 13-year-old boys charged with multiple counts of felony sexual abuse
7/22/07: A school board threatening harsher punishement if the family fought back?!
7/5/07: Zero tolerance gone awry in the Katy Independent School District
5/6/06: Rochester Student Suspended For Flipping Penny
4/18/07: Knife was a gift from suspended student's grandfather, mother testifies
4/27/07: Marines drop student charged for violent essay
4/27/05: We want this guy on the Christina school board!
3/14/07: District to punish boy for taking knife from harasser
2/23/05: Florida Boy Accused of Assault With Rubber Band
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