I know there are several threads on similar subjects but this New Jersey school district are just "nutz" look at sketch in link, read the closing paragraph
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbe...t_suspe_1.html
Second-Grader Kyle Walker Suspended For Drawing a Gun
Still, a School District's 'Zero Tolerance' Gun Policy Could Be Tougher
Residents of Dennis, N.J., can sleep better knowing that second-grader Kyle Walker was kept out of school last Thursday. While on the school bus, the seven-year-old reportedly drew a picture of a person pointing a pistol, which he then gave to a fellow passenger. When that child's parents saw the offending image, they called school officials and swift action was taken.
Kyle's mother, Shirley McDevitt, says they overreacted by suspending her son for a day. Moreover, she wants it removed from his permanent record. She told the local paper that "when a child draws at that age, they're not drawing with thought." Her son, she said, "cried the night he was suspended ... because he thought he was going to miss a school field trip."
The drawing itself appears to be a stick figure rendering in pencil with one figure "shooting another stick figure." More disturbing, however, is that the armed figure has a "smiley face" and the name "me" written above it. The stick figure victim is also smiling -- eerily, with the name of the classmate (David) to whom he bequeathed his sketch.
Conceivably, then, this innocent drawing is actually an artful death threat.
Kyle claimed that the image was of a water pistol and not a real gun, but as the district noted, that's no excuse. After all, today's water pistols could be tomorrow's water balloons -- or even water cannons. And there are precedents for his punishment, such as a 2000 suspension of kindergarteners who used their hands as guns while playing cops and robbers.
The question is, does his punishment go far enough? While some parents and civil libertarians may not agree, the safety of our children mandates living up to our zero-tolerance policies -- not 0.2-tolerance or 0.1-tolerance, but 0.0-tolerance. Rules are rules, and that means suspending children for pretending to have guns, talking about guns or drawing guns. In fact, if it were possible, why not punish our second-graders for thinking about guns? By monitoring and correcting those whose minds stray into inappropriate areas, we not only ensure a safe and fair learning environment, but a better future for America.