11-Year-Old Gets 1-Year Suspension for Leaf That Kinda Looked Like Pot

Last fall, a sixth-grader in Virginia was suspended for 364 days and charged with possession of an illicit drug, punishment for violating his school's drug policy. His crime? Having a leaf in his backpack that looked like, but conclusively wasn't, marijuana.
Sixth Grader Suspended For Taking Self-Harming Classmate's Razor Blade
A sixth grader was suspended—and now faces expulsion—for taking a razor blade away from a classmate who was cutting himself. Her school has a "zero tolerance" weapons policy.
Student Gets Suspended, Loses Scholarship After Hugging a Teacher
A high school senior from Georgia won't graduate after being suspended for a year and will have a tough time paying for college after being stripped of his scholarship — all for hugging a teacher.
Boy with Asthma Dies After School Confiscates His Inhaler
A mother is speaking out about one school's zero tolerance policy against asthma inhalers which she says claimed the life of her 12-year-old son.
School Threatens to Expel Black Girl Being Bullied Over Natural Hair
A Florida school believes it has found the perfect solution to the problem of a black student being bullied over her natural hair: Kick her out.
Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
A mom who thought she was properly parenting by sending her two young kids to school with a homemade, whole-food lunch was shocked to find a penalty note from school officials informing her that the lunch of roast beef, potatoes, carrots, oranges and milk she provided was "unbalanced" and therefore had to be…
Kansas School Kicks 13-Year-Old Boy Out for Wearing a Purse
The Kansas mother of a 13-year-old boy says he son was suspended from school indefinitely because he refused the assistant principal's order to stop wearing a purse.
Wisconsin City Fines Parents If Their Kids Are Bullies
In an effort to fight back against the scourge of bullying in local schools, the Madison, Wisconsin suburb of Monona has passed a city-wide ordinance that makes raising bullies a finable offense.
5-Year-Old Wets Himself During 2-Hour School Interrogation Over Toy Gun
A 5-year-old boy from Maryland reportedly wet himself while being interrogated by school officials for two hours without a parent present over an orange-tipped "cowboy-style cap gun" he brought with him to show a friend.
Pop-Tart Gun Kid Gets Lifetime NRA Membership, Refuses to Be a Pawn
A young Baltimore boy who was suspended from school earlier this year for eating a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun received a lifetime membership to the National Rifle Association at a Republican fundraiser last night.
