In “Zero tolerance makes zero sense”, columnist Larry Alexander writes,
“…School officials say Alexa used a green marker to write on her school desk, ‘I love my friends Abby and Faith. Lex was here 2/1/10,’ followed by a smiley face…
“The appropriate, common-sense reaction would have been to punish the girl by making her clean the markings from the desk or have them removed professionally and bill her parents for the cost.
“The zero-tolerance reaction chosen by the school was to have police escort the crying child from the building in handcuffs in front of her classmates…
“Come on. Even criminals get three strikes.”
WATCHDOG: A wag of the tail!
