You think it won't happen to you.
My daughter (who lives w/her mother) called me today to tell me that she has been suspended from high school for the rest of the semester because a pocket knife was found in her car.
According to her, the knife was found laying in plain sight in the back seat and belonged to one of her friends who evidently lost it in her car. She knew who's knife it was,but didn't know it was in her car.
This is her Senior year and she has not been in any other trouble. Now she won't get to graduate w/her class because of this assinine rule.
According to her, the knife was found laying in plain sight in the back seat and belonged to one of her friends who evidently lost it in her car. She knew who's knife it was,but didn't know it was in her car.
This is her Senior year and she has not been in any other trouble. Now she won't get to graduate w/her class because of this assinine rule.
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It was "against the rules" to have a knife in school when I was in school, only no one complied or cared. Everyone had a knife, teachers and students. They were considered tools, not weapons, and they sometimes came in handy.
Some of us also had guns in our cars on the parking lot, which may or may not have been against the ruies. I don't know, since no one ever mentioned it.0 -
I posted another thread on this topic. Someone went to the trouble to look up the Indiana Code:
quote:Originally posted by cce1302
IC 35-47-5-2.5
Possession of a knife on school property
Sec. 2.5. (a) As used in this section, "knife" means an instrument that:
(1) consists of a sharp edged or sharp pointed blade capable of inflicting cutting, stabbing, or tearing wounds; and
(2) is intended to be used as a weapon.
(b) The term includes a dagger, dirk, poniard, stiletto, switchblade knife, or gravity knife.
(c) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally possesses a knife on:
(1) school property (as defined in IC 35-41-1-24.7);
(2) a school bus (as defined in IC 20-27-2-8); or
(3) a special purpose bus (as defined in IC 20-27-2-10);
commits a Class B misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the person has a previous unrelated conviction under this section and a Class D felony if the offense results in bodily injury or serious bodily injury to another person.
(d) This section does not apply to a person who possesses a knife:
(1) if:
(A) the knife is provided to the person by the school corporation or possession of the knife is authorized by the school corporation; and
(B) the person uses the knife for a purpose authorized by the school corporation; or
(2) if the knife is secured in a motor vehicle.
As added by P.L.72-2006, SEC.9.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title35/ar47/ch5.html
I'd say the girl has a good case that the suspension was wrong.0 -
(2) if the knife is secured in a motor vehicle 0 -
Yep. I'd SUE. Especially when it was secured in MY motor vehicle. Isn't a school part of the state or local government? If so how can they punish her for having the knife secured in her motor vehicle, when the law allows it to be in her vehicle secured. 0 -
zero tolerance = zero judgement.
Same punishment for a pack of cigarettes.
Who's car doesn't matter. No tobacco, guns, or knives on school grounds.
And teenage gang bangers and dope dealers can outsmart college educated professionals and carry and sell thir crap in our schools.0
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