Needless to say, sex abuse hysteria is written into many schools' zero-tolerance policies. A Branson, Massachusetts, third-grader was suspended for "sexual harassment" after he kissed a girl on the cheek. In Oregon, seventh graders Cory Mashburn and Ryan Cornelison spent six days in jail before being charged with five counts of felony sex abuse. Their crime? Slapping a few female classmates on the butt. (The girls told police it was part of a mutual game called "Slap Butt Day.")
While it's bad enough that schools can deem a kiss "sexual harassment" and a joke "terroristic threats," students have actually been arrested for saving lives. In Maryland, a sixth-grade girl was accused of "drug trafficking" after she shared her inhaler with a classmate suffering a severe asthma attack.
Unsurprisingly, zero tolerance horror stories rarely come out of private schools. Only a union-protected public school principal can display outrageous incompetence and then say "that's just our policy," as Alexa Gonzalez's principal did.
A police spokesman said after Alexa's arrest that "even when we’re asked to make an arrest, common sense should prevail."
In our public schools, don't count on it.