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Arkana

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4. Horseshit.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 04:33 PM

Apr 2014

They're trying to smear this kid because they know they overreacted, so they figure telling everyone he was just a useless juvenile delinquent anyway will ameliorate the bad press they're getting.

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Arundel school officials say boy wasn't suspended solely for 'pastry gun' incident [View all] alp227 Apr 2014 OP

zero tolerance = zero sense bossy22 Apr 2014 #1

The school and district yeoman6987 Apr 2014 #2

Oh, for pity's sake! VA_Jill Apr 2014 #3

Horseshit. Arkana Apr 2014 #4

Remember, pastry doesn't kill people, people kill people. KamaAina Apr 2014 #5

I live in Anne Arundel County LibertyLover Apr 2014 #6

Apparently if your special snowflake is a gun lover alp227 Apr 2014 #7

Local news reports mention the earlier incidents LibertyLover Apr 2014 #9

Thanks. both stories quote the dad alp227 Apr 2014 #11

I think there his behavior did warrant it because LibertyLover Apr 2014 #12

what it boils down to is whether the school fully informed the parents of their son's misbehavior alp227 Apr 2014 #13

We are just going to have to disagree LibertyLover Apr 2014 #14

Equating chewing a pop tart into the shape of a gun Scruffy Rumbler Apr 2014 #8

No, it was a repeated pattern LibertyLover Apr 2014 #10

My problem is that if they find a 'gun shaped' pop tart to be a major disruption to lunch penultimate May 2014 #15