Rate the school's reaction, please: link to news story on pg. 2

[waltsgirl]

I personally think the father has made it worse on his kids.

 

[AntePrincess]

I was in the snitchers shoes at roughly the same age: a seventh grader flashed a knife at me on the bus. I told. They didn't protect my identity. Later I was playing near my house and the boy with the knife came around the corner with an even older boy. They conferred. The older boy pulled a knife. I didn't stick around to find out what was next. The whole neighborhood heard me shrieking, and I don't care. This was a nice little suburb, not Chicago, though the boys were considerably older than 1st graders. Although I didn't report the other boy, since I didn't know the one and it wasn't at school, I never did see them again.

I would have objected if I were the father.

 

[N.Bailey]

The school was way out of line on this one. Making the boy go class to class to id the kid who threatened them a few days earlier if they told anyone? Yes, the father has every right to be livid. I wouldn't want my child anywhere near that school as long as they boy who took the gun in; be it fake or otherwise, was there. It's too great a risk, IMO.

 

[nuttylawprofessor]

Here's a link to the news story ABC ran today regarding the incident.

Gun in school incident