This zero tolerance crap has got to go.
My Senior year the soon to be valadictorian (josh) was expelled from school with only 1 week left. The reason? The runner up for valadictorian (christina) stated that josh had a dangerous wepon hidden in the trunk of his car. The police came and rumaged through his trunk to find a box cutter and a small pocket knife in the first aid kit. He was expelled, he did not graduate with honors, he did not get to attend Cal Tech, he was not valadictorian. All because it is a zero tollerence policy for carrying a "wepon" on campus.
Zero tollerence can shove it