6-year-old expelled over Cub Scout utensil

[AGDee]

There's one other thing that I think we always need to remember with these cases. While the parent and kid (or disgruntled employee, or whoever) is always free to speak out loudly about the issue. The school or employer isn't allowed to say a word. We really have no way of knowing that this wasn't the 57th time this kid brought this thing to school and was told he couldn't. I mean, it seems unlikely in this case, but we honestly don't know and the school is bound by confidentiality laws to not say a word about his past record. Sure, Cub Scout who wears suits to school sometimes sounds like a good kid, but I was Cub Scout leader, they are NOT all model citizens. We don't know the history and can't know the history.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by AGDee

We don't know the history and can't know the history.

True...but the school still could have and should have done a better job of formulating the policy.

Going along with what RC said, they still could have avoided the racial issues by 1) having a better written policy and 2) being mindful of enforcement of the policy.

It seems to me that making a "no tolerance" policy along these lines shows a pretty significant lack of trust in the staff and administration's ability to make decisions.