STEAK KNIFE CORRECT AFTER ALL

Boy's suspension overturned: "The Superintendent of Queen Anne's County [MD] Public Schools overturned the 10-day suspension given to an 11-year-old Grasonville Elementary student who brought a steak knife to school as part of a class project. The boy's mother appealed the suspension handed down May 17 by Principal Anne Dodge under the school system's 'zero tolerance' policy for weapons in schools. At the time, Dodge said the knife had been brought to school 'along with other tools' in a decorated showbox for show and tell and no threat was ever made. Superintendent Dr. Bernard J. Sadusky said he felt the appeal was justified and the student should be back in school."