Community | October 14, 2009 | 3 comments

Delaware 1st grader has 45-day suspension lifted

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BEAR, Del. — A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve.
The seven-member Christina School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to reduce the punishment for kindergartners and first-graders who take weapons to school or commit violent offenses to a suspension ranging from three to five days.
Zachary Christie, 6, had faced 45 days in an alternative school for troublemakers after he took the utensil — a combination folding knife, fork and spoon — to school to eat lunch last month. Now, he could return Wednesday.
"I want to get him back as soon as possible. I want to put this behind him as soon as possible," said Debbie Christie, Zachary's mother. "But I also want him to know that he has a voice, and when things are not right, he can stand up and speak out against them."
A spokeswoman for the school district said more changes to the school system's code of conduct were possible in the coming months.
The punishment given to Zachary was one of several in recent years that have prompted national debate on whether schools have gone too far with zero-tolerance policies.
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3 comments // Delaware 1st grader has 45-day suspension lifted

  • morirjedi
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      morirjedi  

    • Makes no sense at all. Why can't people just use their minds and think. This never should have gone to this point. I would like to find the a$$hole who thought it was a good idea to suspend him for so long. We have lost the ability to think independently in this country. Protect the children, teach the children, don't scare the children.

    • 2 years ago
  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  

    • Common sense apparently isn't all that common. A teacher should have just taken it away from him, explained that he couldn't have it in class, and made sure that the parents knew to talk to their kid about it.

    • 2 years ago
  • Newcastle81
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      Newcastle81  

    • This was a camping knife no more then what 2-3 inches long and he was transferred to a school for "Troublemakers" come on. this is going to far he is 6 for crying out loud a stern talking to & a conversation to the parents would have been sufficent. This is a joke by far.

    • 2 years ago
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