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Zero-tolerance policies leave little room for school officials to make individual judgments of students. ... The zero-tolerance policies give school administrators and school board members -- some of whom apparently dont want the burden anymore of making the child-by-child decisions they were elected to make - the comfort of an automatic response to sticky problems.
Supporters have credited zero-tolerance policies with helping make students feel safer in school, but such policies also have come under fire for their all-or-nothing approach. ...
Zero-tolerance policies have by now become commonplace practically everywhere, certainly in our schools and increasingly in our work places, and the phrase has been reduced to a platitude through overuse and misuse. But a closer look at zero tolerance in practice reveals a disturbing pattern:
· A high-school boy pulls out a steak knife in the cafeteria to peel an apple, and is expelled for weapon possession. ...
Kids have been kicked out of school for possession of Midol, Tylenol, Alka Seltzer, cough drops and Scope mouthwash - contraband that violates zero-tolerance, anti-drug policies.
Approximate Word count = 795
Approximate Pages = 3.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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