Toy soldiers run afoul of school's weapons ban

[petegz28]

Give me a ****ing break already with this shit...

Toy soldiers run afoul of school's weapons ban
By MICHELLE R. SMITH (AP) – 10 hours ago

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Christan Morales says her son just wanted to honor American troops when he made a hat decorated with an American flag and small plastic Army figures.

But the hat ran afoul of the district's no-weapons policy because the toy soldiers were carrying tiny weapons.

"His teacher called and said it wasn't appropriate because it had guns," Morales said.

Morales' 8-year-old son, David, was assigned to make a hat for the day when his second-grade class would met their pen pals from another school. She and her son came up with an idea to add patriotic decorations to a camouflage hat.

Earlier this week, the Tiogue School in Coventry sent the hat home with David after class. He wore a plain baseball cap on the day of the visit instead.

Superintendent Kenneth R. Di Pietro said the principal told the family that the hat would be fine if David replaced the Army men holding weapons with ones that didn't have any.

"The issue for us was, can it be done in a way that didn't violate the zero-tolerance for weapons?" he said. "Nothing was being done to limit patriotism, creativity, other than find an alternative to a weapon."

Di Pietro said the district does not allow images of weapons or drugs on clothing. For example, it would not allow a student to wear a shirt with a picture of a marijuana leaf on it.

The principal "wasn't denying the patriotism," he said. "That just is the wrong and unfair image of one of our finest principals."

Morales said her son was inspired to honor the military after striking up a friendship last summer with a neighbor in the Army.

Banning the hat "sent the wrong message to the kids, because it wasn't in any way to cause any harm to anyone," she said. "You're talking about Army men. This wasn't about guns."

The story was first reported by Providence TV station WPRI.

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Originally Posted by stevieray

This should tell you how the schools think they are your child's parent.

To be fair, in many cases they ARE the child's parent.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Phobia

To be fair, in many cases they ARE the child's parent.

Unfortuntely that is true. It seems more and more parents these days look to the schools to be the priamry child supporter in various aspects. From free lunches to free after school activities or baby sitters if you will.

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by petegz28

...Superintendent Kenneth R. Di Pietro said the principal told the family that the hat would be fine if David replaced the Army men holding weapons with ones that didn't have any.

"The issue for us was, can it be done in a way that didn't violate the zero-tolerance for weapons?" he said...

The issue for me is, can a policy of zero-tolerance for weapons be done in a way that doesn't violate my zero-tolerance for pointless gestures of dipshittery?

[MOhillbilly]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Unfortuntely that is true. It seems more and more parents these days look to the schools to be the priamry child supporter in various aspects. From free lunches to free after school activities or baby sitters if you will.

for 8$ a week in our school system you can leave k-4 kids at an after school program. You can pay by the week when/if the parents have something going on. Gets em a snack and some ruckess time untill 6:30.
I fail to see anything wrong with this type after school activities. Times have changed.

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

for 8$ a week in our school system you can leave k-4 kids at an after school program. You can pay by the week when/if the parents have something going on. Gets em a snack and some ruckess time untill 6:30.
I fail to see anything wrong with this type after school activities. Times have changed.

I know there is a program here in Austin where kids can get free lunches during the summer when school is not even in session.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

for 8$ a week in our school system you can leave k-4 kids at an after school program. You can pay by the week when/if the parents have something going on. Gets em a snack and some ruckess time untill 6:30.
I fail to see anything wrong with this type after school activities. Times have changed.

No matter what you call it, that is still baby sitter services provided by the schools via the tax payer. Bein' ya fer it or 'gin it, doesn't matter. It still is what it is.

[Goldmember]

Did they also tear out all the pages in the history books depicting guns? Dumbshittery at its finest.

[chasedude]

Originally Posted by blaise

We probably shouldn't teach them about the American Revolution or the Civil War. Too many guns.

I can see them rewriting text books now

[chasedude]

Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

My kids school they still say the pledge and sing about god in the christmas choir program.

The pussification of amerika will make it there eventually

[pr_capone]

BUMP

http://www.aolnews.com/story/ri-boy-...er-hat/1122165

RI school to alter policy that banned soldier hat

COVENTRY, R.I. -The superintendent of a Rhode Island school district that banned a second-grader from wearing a hat with toy soldiers and tiny guns on it says he'll work to change the policy to allow such apparel.

Ken Di Pietro said in an e-mail Saturday to The Associated Press that the no-weapons policy shouldn't limit student expression, especially when the weapons relate to a profession, such as the military or police. Di Pietro said the current policy obscures the school's work to promote patriotism.

Eight-year-old David Morales made the hat by gluing plastic Army figures to a camouflage baseball cap, but Tiogue School officials in Coventry forbid him from wearing it.

[-King-]

Rubberized classrooms coming to a school near you.
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[milkman]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Di Pietro said the district does not allow images of weapons or drugs on clothing. For example, it would not allow a student to wear a shirt with a picture of a marijuana leaf on it.

Justifying the stupidity of banning toy soldiers with weapons by telling us that wearing a t-shirt with pictures of an illegal drug only further illustrates the stupidity.