Thread: 11 Year-Old Arrested for Scuffle - Morning Paper in Houston

I'd say you were dead on about the cuffs. But I wouldn't blame the school administrators in this case. The parents of one of the children brought in law enforcement, not the school. They probably found out about it when the cops showed up that morning.

[quote="Tom (Houston)"]A wise man once said, "Policy is a system to guide those that can not think ... same with zero-tolernece."

I agree that "zero-tolernece" is generally not a good idea. What's fair is not always just and I think school administrators need to be "just". My school adopted a policy where students involved in fights were arrested and/or written tickets with heavy fines. The policy never was a "zero-tolerence" type, it did allow discretion. But in cases where there was a clear aggressor, the perp was lead off in handcuffs. We went from a fight a week to a fight a semester almost overnight. Now, my school has it's own sworn police force (if one can call two officers a "force"). They can even write traffic tickets on the city streets in front of schools. They also write tickets for things like tobacco and cursing.

Tom i remember stories like this back in the 1980's my sister 5 grade neighboor was accused of something and they handcuffed him at school......been going on for years...