[svcw]

No. What is stupid are the teachers. They could have just taken the knife and sent a note home to the mother telling her of the policy.
Good god to call the police and have her arrested - thats what is stupid.

[fungoking]

“No. What is stupid are the teachers. They could have just taken the knife and sent a note home to the mother telling her of the policy.”

Do you think the administration would back the teacher for exercising common sense? The teacher is required to report, then the administration would call the police.

I agree the policy is foolish in its inability to make distinctions between things like this and serious threats.