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Tuesday, October 10, 2006


When I did the same thing in 4th grade, it was the grenade that was the dummy, not the school.
An 8-year-old took a fake grenade to his school in far southwest Houston this morning, causing some brief panic.

The dummy grenade, which was not armed, was in the student's backpack. It was confiscated by an HISD police officer and the student was removed from the classroom, officials said.

According to a letter to parents from Paula Viebrock, the principal of Kate Bell Elementary, "the student will be disciplined according to the actions outlined in the HISD Code of Student Conduct."
I'm sure a week in "the box" at HISD will teach that 8 year old that it's no OK to bring a $3 piece of junk metal he got at the surplus store to school.

Ok, fine, he shouldn't have done it, but still, why is this news? Why does this go beyond "take that home and don't bring it back"?



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