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LibertyLover

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14. We are just going to have to disagree

Reply to alp227 (Reply #13)

Wed Apr 30, 2014, 07:24 PM

Apr 2014

I think the father is in massive denial about his son's behavior and the school system had every right to suspend him and to not cleanse his record. I have a child in the Anne Arundel school system, so I have a vested interest in seeing that they maintain a safe environment for her to learn.

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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