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"We've thrown common sense out the window"
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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 74893" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>We parents here probably encounter this more often than others, since we have to deal with "the system" so often. How many times has this scenario played out in different permutations?</p><p></p><p>- Some incident occurs</p><p>- Reacting to the incident, an ill-thought-out policy is adopted</p><p>- The policy is then mindlessly enforced regardless of whether it makes sense or not</p><p></p><p>It seems like we constantly see cases like this. A school downstate canceled a long-standing Civil War battle re-enactment because the mock-up guns used violated their zero-tolerance weapons policy. I heard of a first-grader being suspended for hugging a girl in violation of sexual-harassment policies.</p><p></p><p>In the story, it wasn't even the same district as where the kid wanted to pose with a gun! They just heard about it and wanted to avoid "similar scuffles." How likely was it that they would run into the same problem? If they did, the court already upheld the other district anyway, so what's the big deal? Now their attempt to avoid a scuffle has landed them in the news looking very foolish.</p><p></p><p>If it was up to me, I would put in the student handbook: "The administration reserves the right to reject photos that are judged to be inappropriate." You just can't write a policy that will cover every conceivable situation, you have to leave room for judgment. Even specifically banning guns in photos could lead to problems, e.g. what about drill team/JROTC pics? Surely reasonable people could agree that a shot of the JROTC squad drilling would be OK but one of a student with a handgun not? [/rant]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 74893, member: 3485"] We parents here probably encounter this more often than others, since we have to deal with "the system" so often. How many times has this scenario played out in different permutations? - Some incident occurs - Reacting to the incident, an ill-thought-out policy is adopted - The policy is then mindlessly enforced regardless of whether it makes sense or not It seems like we constantly see cases like this. A school downstate canceled a long-standing Civil War battle re-enactment because the mock-up guns used violated their zero-tolerance weapons policy. I heard of a first-grader being suspended for hugging a girl in violation of sexual-harassment policies. In the story, it wasn't even the same district as where the kid wanted to pose with a gun! They just heard about it and wanted to avoid "similar scuffles." How likely was it that they would run into the same problem? If they did, the court already upheld the other district anyway, so what's the big deal? Now their attempt to avoid a scuffle has landed them in the news looking very foolish. If it was up to me, I would put in the student handbook: "The administration reserves the right to reject photos that are judged to be inappropriate." You just can't write a policy that will cover every conceivable situation, you have to leave room for judgment. Even specifically banning guns in photos could lead to problems, e.g. what about drill team/JROTC pics? Surely reasonable people could agree that a shot of the JROTC squad drilling would be OK but one of a student with a handgun not? [/rant] [/QUOTE]
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