bystander,
It is also against the law to go 31 mph in a 30 mph speed zone. Do we lock them up and throw away the key for that also? I think there is a place for disciplinary action but it seems that our schools are trying to act as probabtion officers and social case workers rather than educators. Suspending a kid for violating school policy is more detrimental to them then keeping them in the class room. I know some schools suspend kids that violate the alcohol policy from activites such as SADD. How much sense does that make????? I am all for disciplinary action when a student violates the school policy but I can guarantee you that most of the individuals that enforce these penalties on the students have violated many, many policies in their day.