nails now verboten
more trouble at the schoolhouse… this time with nails.
Boy, 11, arrested for having nails at school [rock hill herald, 2005.05.07]A school resource officer arrested an 11-year-old Rawlinson Road Middle School student Wednesday after the boy went to school with 10 nails in his pocket.
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State law says anything that can be construed or used as a weapon on school grounds can be classified as unlawful, said Lt. Jerry Waldrop of the Rock Hill Police Department.
personally, i subscribe to the adage that the pen is mightier than the sword, and all pens (and pencils) should be classified as unlawful too.
while we’re here (in rock hill, that is), i suggest making sure the new dress code forbids pockets.