[Laneco]

The local school was going to suspend our then 9 year old son for drawing a picture of a black-robed grim reaper with a knife. Then, unfortunately for the school district, I found out that a little boy in our son's class had threatened to bring in a shot-gun and kill everyone. The teacher did nothing.

I raised an unholey level of hel-l making it clear in no uncertain terms that an actual specific threat had been made and the knowledgeable teach did NOTHING yet was to see our son suspended for a random doodle on a piece of note paper.

It was "explained" to me that the poor little fellow who made the threat was from a disadvantaged family and was a troubled kid. So they decided to do nothing. Basically, the school district decided that our white middle class two-parent household family could get a good bludgeoning while a child with "family problems" could get a free ride.

I threatened to go to the local newspaper with the story. The school decided not to suspend my son.

Good thing. Buncha pussies. Yes this is EXACTLY what our public schools have come to...

angela