Seven Year Old Sentenced To 45 Days in Reform School

There was this little boy, with a freshly scrubbed face, who even insisted on sporting a spiffy tie, he so looked forward to going to school every day. How old? Seven? He had just become a Cub Scout. So he brought his new handy-dandy emergency tool kit to school. It was made up of a knife and some other devices, maybe a screw driver and other tools that Cub Scouts use on camping trips, etc. He wasn't going to do anyone any harm. He was proud of this honor, this little badge of "manhood." A straight A Honor Roll student. But because of the "slash and burn" techniques used by our public school systems today, in the guise of "protecting all" this little boy was quickly and with no thought given to any psychological repercussions it would have on he and his family...the school singled him out, demonized, punished, and he was given 45 days in a reform school for bringing his Cub Scout knife to school. Now I know about the schools' "no tolerance" policy. Of course that makes sense if you're bringing something to school to harm someone with. But clearly this little boy wasn't going to harm anyone. Could the school not have taken some time considering this before they passed sentence? Have we lost our minds here in the US of A? A resounding yes. I wonder if the school officials now admit they made a big mistake in coming down so hard on this little fellow. Or will they slither by, saying they were just "following company guidelines". Do you think the Principal and the Teacher and the other officials might feel the least little bit of remorse and say well, "we made a mistake here, we're deeply sorry" and release this little boy from his 45 day prison sentence? I think it's time that the parents of this country re-think just who the heck is in charge of their children and make a decision. It's long overdue. The NEA has fallen down on the job of educating our kids for a long long time and now public education has taken a turn for the worse. Its bad enough sending your child off to a building and not seeing them for 8 hours a day, not knowing exactly what's going on within those walls, but when school officials start acting like a bunch of Nazis and sentence a straight A Honor Roll seven year old to 45 days in a "reform school" for carrying a Cub Scout knife to school, it's time for a PARENTS' REVOLUTION. And I have one last question...just who the hell needs to be "reformed" here? It sure isn't this little boy and his family....