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Law Firm: Fifth-Grader Suspended for 'Shooting' Imaginary 'Arrow' at Classmate
cnsnews.com ^ | December 5, 2013 | Craig Bannister

Posted on 12/05/2013 7:38:14 PM PST by grundle

On Wednesday, the Rutherford Institute announced it has come to the defense of a 10-year-old boy who was suspended under a school zero tolerance policy for shooting an imaginary "arrow" at a fellow classmate, using nothing more than his hands and his imagination.

Additionally, Rutherford Institute says the student has been threatened with expulsion for his make-believe actions, which were a response to another student "shooting" an imaginary gun at him:

"Johnny Jones, a fifth grader at South Eastern Middle School, was suspended for a day and threatened with expulsion under the school's weapons policy after playfully using his hands to draw the bowstrings on a pretend 'bow' and 'shoot' an arrow at a classmate who had held his folder like an imaginary gun and 'shot' at Johnny. In coming to Jones' defense, Rutherford Institute attorneys have asked Rona Kaufmann, Superintendent of the South Eastern School District in Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania, to rescind the suspension and remove all references to the incident from Jones' permanent school record."

"We all want to keep the schools safe, but I'd far prefer to see something credible done about actual threats, rather than this ongoing, senseless targeting of imaginary horseplay," said Rutherford Institute President John W. Whitehead.

The Rutherford Institute has given Superintendent Kaufmann until Dec. 13, 2013 to respond to its letter, after which the Institute will advise Jones' parents on how to proceed.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: catchingfire; johnnyjones; libidiots; publiceducation; publicschools; zerotolerance
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To: DBrow

“The kids that are going through this now will have a set of conditioned reflexes when it comes to voting RKBA issues.”

I think they will vote PRO-RKBA after having been subjected to this outright LUNACY. Young people are generally pretty good at spotting bullshit.


21 posted on 12/05/2013 7:56:05 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: grundle
Watch out, girls! Rona is coming for your jewelry next...


22 posted on 12/05/2013 7:56:23 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: donmeaker
I've seen cheesy movies where the archers line up across from the knights, and the lead archer shouts, "Fire!"

Why on earth would he say such a thing?

23 posted on 12/05/2013 7:57:36 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: grundle

what happens if you give someone the evil eye?


24 posted on 12/05/2013 7:58:04 PM PST by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: FreeAtlanta

I’m thinking that all “educators” are fools. To be gracious and in the spirit of Christmas, I’ll go with “most”. Merry Christmas!


25 posted on 12/05/2013 8:00:58 PM PST by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
BOLO for this dangerous character


26 posted on 12/05/2013 8:01:48 PM PST by Dysart (Obamacare: "We are losing money on every subscriber-- but we will make it up in volume!")
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To: grundle
Reminds me of my younger years, watching three stooge episodes every Saturday in movie theaters ... in between weekend hunting trips with my 410 shotgun.

Today's stooges are running our schools.

27 posted on 12/05/2013 8:01:56 PM PST by OldNavyVet ("Learn from science that you must doubt the experts" ... Richard Feynman)
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To: Ray76

Mentalic weapons???

Ooooh, those sound exotic. What exactly are mentalic weapons?

Ones that you use with your mind somehow?


28 posted on 12/05/2013 8:04:09 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: grundle
what about the kid who shot at him with the {file] ....folder??

Johnny Jones, a fifth grader at South Eastern Middle School, was suspended for a day and threatened with expulsion under the school's weapons policy after playfully using his hands to draw the bowstrings on a pretend 'bow' and 'shoot' an arrow at a classmate who had held his folder like an imaginary gun and 'shot' at Johnny.

no mention of suspending HIM?

the other kid must have been a son of obama
29 posted on 12/05/2013 8:07:28 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: grundle

“Caution: Mimes Shot On Sight”


30 posted on 12/05/2013 8:08:36 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: grundle

Was it Valentine’s day?


31 posted on 12/05/2013 8:10:07 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: ClearCase_guy; donmeaker

It just wouldn’t sound right to shout, “Ready! Aim! Loose!”


32 posted on 12/05/2013 8:10:48 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I must not think bad thoughts...


33 posted on 12/05/2013 8:12:53 PM PST by Ray76
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To: Frank_2001

“Young people are generally pretty good at spotting bullshit.”

Most that I talk to think we live in a democracy and that George Washington was the first president. They learned that in school.


34 posted on 12/05/2013 8:14:44 PM PST by DBrow
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To: Jack Hydrazine

OK I scooped the idea from the Foundation Trilogy.


35 posted on 12/05/2013 8:20:43 PM PST by Ray76
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To: ctdonath2

“I saw you having hateful thoughts! I saw you having hateful thoughts!”


36 posted on 12/05/2013 8:20:57 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: grundle

using his hands to draw the bowstrings on a pretend ‘bow’

Wonder what these idiots would do to my grandson who often pretends he is a scanner who can make opponent’s heads explode with his evil stare and twitching body.


37 posted on 12/05/2013 8:24:28 PM PST by Joan Kerrey (The larger the government, the smaller the people)
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To: grundle

I would have never survived today’s schools.


38 posted on 12/05/2013 8:24:33 PM PST by Gator113 ( Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Mike Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
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To: grundle

I have shot mine imaginary arrow o’er my school
And hurt my principal’s sensitivities.


39 posted on 12/05/2013 8:32:20 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: grundle
He should have waited until Valentine's Day. He would have been embraced as a humanitarian diversity hero to all the liberal agenda minions for shooting his virtual bolt at a fellow schoolmate.
40 posted on 12/05/2013 8:58:10 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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