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Read the police report filed regarding the pencil sharpener bladeIsland fourth grader suspended for using broken pencil sharp
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Island fourth grader suspended for using broken pencil sharpener
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A 10-year-old Hilton Head Island boy has been suspended from school for having something most students carry in their supply boxes: a pencil sharpener.
The problem was his sharpener had broken, but he decided to use it anyway.
A teacher at Hilton Head Island International Baccalaureate Elementary School noticed the boy had what appeared to be a small razor blade during class on Tuesday, according to a Beaufort County sheriff's report.
It was obvious that the blade was the metal insert commonly found in a child's small, plastic pencil sharpener, the deputy noted.
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The boy -- a fourth-grader described as a well-behaved and good student -- cried during the meeting with his mom, the deputy and the school's assistant principal.
He had no criminal intent in having the blade at school, the sheriff's report stated, but was suspended for at least two days and could face further disciplinary action.
District spokesman Randy Wall said school administrators are stuck in the precarious position between the district's zero tolerance policy against having weapons at school and common sense.
"We're always going to do something to make sure the child understands the seriousness of having something that could potentially harm another student, but we're going to be reasonable," he said.
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what bullocks of crap does these people have? 10 years old and you want to condemn him to mental oppression?
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We should all die from the LHC man, can't put up with such crap no more.
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they are afraid of terrorism, and school shooting. what if the kid attack people with the sharpener blade?
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my primary school class mate stabbed me with a pencil.. i think he would have been jailed over there
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he's just a kid =/ just give him a warning and tell him not to use it anymore can le.. there's no need to go to such an extent over such a small matter especially since the kid does not bear any ill intents in the first place..