Children’s suspensions renew debate over zero tolerance

Kindergarteners disciplined for ‘terroristic threats’

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • In this Feb. 10 photo, Kelly Guarna’s 5-year-old daughter Madison poses for a portrait in Mount Carmel, Pa. The kindergartener was suspended from school for making a “terroristic threat” last month after her mother said she talked about shooting a Hello Kit...

Waiting in line for the bus, a Pennsylvania kindergartener tells her pals she’s going to shoot them with a Hello Kitty toy that makes soap bubbles. In Maryland, a 6-year-old boy pretends his fingers are a gun during a playground game of cops and robbers. In Massachusetts, a 5-year-old boy a...

Published: 02/19/2013