Having solved every problem in sight, school administrators suspend a student for the highly dangerous weapon of a pencil sharpener.
Fox Carolina: Pencil Sharpener Gets Student Suspended — Student Is Well-Behaved, Report Says
A 10-year-old South Carolina student was suspended from school after his pencil sharpener broke and he did not immediately get rid of the blade inside.
Authorities told The Island Packet of Hilton Head that a teacher at Hilton Head Island International Baccalaureate Elementary School found a small razor blade on the boy in class Tuesday.
A police report said it was obvious the blade came from a pencil sharpener.
The report said the boy is a well-behaved, good student and cried when he was suspended for at least two days. He could face further punishment.
School district spokesman Randy Wall said the district has a zero-tolerance policy on weapons, but wanted to be reasonable. He said they needed to make sure the student understood the seriousness of having the blade.
This menace to society must be stopped. He must be stopped NOW. TODAY, it’s a broken sharpener. Tomorrow, it’s a broken pencil! Our students cannot expect to learn when their lives are at constant risk. We need a ban on pencil sharpeners!
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