LONGMONT, CO (April, 1999) -- A 10-year-old student was expelled when she turned in the small cutting knife her mother had placed in her lunchbox to cut her apple. (USA TODAY)
ALEXANDRIA, LA -- A second-grader was expelled for bringing her grandfather's gold-plated pocket watch to
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school because the watch had a tiny knife attached. (USA TODAY)
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia (October, 1996) -- A kindergartner was suspended for bringing a beeper from home and showing it to classmates during a field trip. (CNN)
FAIRBORN, Ohio (October, 1996) -- A 13-year-old honor student was suspended from school for 10 days for accepting two Midol tablets from a classmate. (CNN)
FORT MYERS, Fla.(May, 2001) -- An 18-year-old senior and National Merit Scholar was suspended and charged with a felony count of possessing a weapon when a kitchen knife was found on the floor of her car while she was in class. (FOX NEWS)
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