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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for the posters who had positive thoughts and suggestions.  He was expelled.  I am bringing a lawyer to the school board meeting to try to allow him to withdraw vs be expelled.  Almost all of his teachers from 9th to 12th have sent letters on his behalf.  I know he will not graduate with his friends but hope to minimize further damage.[/quote]

Wow. I'm so sorry (and dismayed) to hear that.  Was it the marijuana or the pocketknife that was the bigger issue?  I'd definitely bring a lawyer and see if you can flat out get this reversed. Unless your son has some other history, this seems extreme.  But in our current dumb society (CYA and zero tolerance) I guess I should not be surprised.[/quote]

I am not dismayed. I bet you and the other posters who are the same who post “thoughts and prayers - something must be done” whenever there is violence in school. This is your answer. Both child and parent must be extra cautious to make sure nothing that can be construed as a weapon is on school property. It is that simple. This is to protect people and SO EASY to follow. [/quote]

BS, I am not OP and you are ridiculous.  Her kid had pot and a butter knife in his car he is not an active shooter. Yes he should be punished to learn his lesson but let's not act like this will in anyway improve school safety of his school by punishing this kid from this circumstance.  It will not. Let the punishment fit the actual crime not the crime of others. My only advice to OP is that you and your son will get through this and in 10 years he will be better off for having to work through this.  But I am sure it does not feel like it now and a lot of dreams seem to have been shattered, they have just been detoured.  Good Luck.    [/quote]

[b]He/they knew the rules about drugs and knives and violated both. [/b] Is it a surprise they are expelling him.   OP should have gotten an attorney the day it happened and put him in a treatment program/therapy and been proactive vs. letting natural consequences happen.  This will follow him forever.  [/quote]

It wouldn't cross my mind that a camping knife in the CAR would violate school rules.  Sure, you can't bring inside, but in the car?  I don't mind the rule, but I think it's easy for someone not to know it and punishment should be educational (community service, detention after school) and not something that reduces access to education.[/quote]

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