CA: Student arrested for making wooden knife in shop class (8th grader and 2 incher)

San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 12/19/07 | Debbi Baker

[NormsRevenge]

CHULA VISTA – A middle school student was arrested Tuesday after a teacher saw him fashioning a small knife out of wood during a shop class.

The boy, who is in eighth grade at Castle Park Middle School, was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m. and then released to his parents, said Chula Vista police spokesman Bernard Gonzalez.

The boy has been suspended for four days, said Sweetwater Union High School District spokeswoman Lillian Leopold. When he returns to school after the holiday break he will also undergo counseling, Leopold said.

District policy says that a student will be expelled if they are found in possession of a knife with a blade 3½ inches or longer, Leopold said.

The knife the boy made was 2 inches long, she said.

[boomop1]

maybe he was mimicking Dillinger trying to escape.

[SF Republican]

90% of the tools in the shop were more dangerous weapons.

[DuncanWaring]

Heck, I made a cannon when I was in high-school. Forty pounds of brass after I cut all the sprues off.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

When he returns to school after the holiday break he will also undergo counseling, Leopold said.

Counseling for his abuse by school officials and the police?

[KarlInOhio]

Was he making it with a sharp eight inch long chisel?

[org.whodat]

Cops and school teachers out of their collective minds. What else is new?

[Jeff Head]

Pencils are longer than 3 1/2 inches...so are pens. Better expel the entire student body.

Abject morons and nincompoops are in control of most schools.

[JimRed]

The administrator morons never saw a wooden letter opener, I guess!

[NormsRevenge]

could be. lol. breaking out of detention.. I’d be curious what his background is. gangs in the school, was he just “goofing off”, killing time?

[CindyDawg]

My grandkids and I have wood shields and swords.

The kids ought to call the cops on the teachers though. I bet they all have 12 inch wood blades in their desks. They are called rulers.

[Diego1618]

We have met the enemy....and he is us!

[dragnet2]

The boy was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m.

Taken into custody?

Strip search? Mug shots? Drug test? Finger prints? DNA sample?

[kingu]

Taken into custody for what? Is there a law in Chula Vista that forbids making artwork in woodshop? Note to family: Sue the police, ASAP. Going after districts usually isn’t anywhere near as profitable. Besides, get this in front of a jury, and they’ll go wacko. ‘My son made this’ says the mother, holding it up, then with the court’s permission, walks to the jury box as it was impossible to see at that distance. ‘And was arrested for it.’

[Mark was here]

I think more “stars” were made in Metal Shop than any thing else.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I made a longbow in shop class, it would drive an arrow through a haybale.

[Tai_Chung]

This reminds me of an episode of King of the Hill when Hank volunteered to be a shop teacher.

[NormsRevenge]

It’s a good thing he wasn’t making a zip gun or such..

I would consult with counsel, ya never know.

It worked for Tigger socks gal.

and Remember, every day is a suing day in California.. teach ‘em young.

[LongElegantLegs]

That’s nothing; my kid can make a glock out of a graham cracker.

[Lx]

Oh yeah, too funny. That was a while ago...