More Administrative Incompetence

Andrew Kantor tells the story of Elliot Voge, an 8th grader in Indianapolis. The kid, an AP student who has never been in trouble in his school, accidentally brought a knife to school one day. On realizing it, he immediately went to the office to turn it in. And got suspended and possibly expelled for it.

So here we have this kid who did exactly the right thing (his only alternative was to not go to school and walk home, however far that was), and was not only disciplined but faces expulsion for doing it.

Message to kids at Stonybrook: If you accidently bring in a weapon, you might as well keep it and use it to threaten someone. The punishment is the same.

Can't people in positions of authority use that thing God gave us called a brain for something of value? When someone does the right thing, that should be encouraged! Kantor has the principal's email address and phone number.