Posted September 10, 2016 12:48 am by Comments

By Jenn Jacques

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When a Denver, CO school suspended a 5-year-old little girl from her kindergarten class after she brought a plastic bubble gun to school in her backpack this past May, it sparked national outrage.

Facing pressure from the country as well as local activists, the Brighton 27J School District updated its weapons policy to more clearly define ‘dangerous weapons’ and trained administrators on discretion in weapons-related discipline.

District spokesperson Kevin Denke said, “We think it will be better moving forward.”

But not everyone is so sure:

“The steps they have taken are really, really good steps,” said Daniel Kim, an education activist with Padres & Jovenes Unidos. “Unfortunately, when we look at the policy, we would be concerned that it’s not really going to fix the underlying problem and that you could still see situations like this happen.”

“Last year, the term that was used was ‘zero-tolerance’ policy, and I think that was a perception perhaps among some of our administrators that there was zero tolerance, but they did have discretion,” said Denke, acknowledging that even under the previous policy, a bubble maker did not meet the definition given of a facsimile weapon.

“Maybe in the future they should consider treating the parents with respect …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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