S.C. student suspended over blade in sharpener
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Saturday, September 13, 2008HILTON HEAD ISLAND -- A 10-year-old student has been suspended after his pencil sharpener came apart at home, and he brought the blade to school.
Authorities tell The Island Packet that a teacher at Hilton Head Island International Baccalaureate Elementary School found a small razor blade on the boy in class Tuesday.
A police report says it was obvious the metal insert came from a child's plastic pencil sharpener, and the boy had a pencil that looked recently sharpened. The report says the boy cried when he was suspended for at least two days.
School district spokesman Randy Wall says the district has a zero-tolerance policy on weapons but wanted to be reasonable. He says they needed to make sure the student understood the seriousness of having the blade.
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