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Will Six-Year Old Desperado Be Sent to Stoney Lonesome?

October 12th, 2009 • Richard Cochrane
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zachSix-year old Zachary Christie is a first grade student in Newark, Delaware and a newly minted and very proud Cub Scout. He may also be sentenced to 45-days in REFORM SCHOOL for bringing one of his Cub Scout utensils to lunch at school. You see the utensil is a combined spoon, fork and knife to be used for camping.

The gadget feel out of Zach’s bag and was spotted by a school official who immediately seized it and charged the desperado with possessing of a weapon.

He was promptly expelled and faces a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday where he could be sentenced to 45-days in a Reform School.

Pontificating school official claim they are hewing to an ironclad no exception policy that a knife is a knife and a knife is a weapon and that’s that. Zach will have his day in court at an open meeting Tuesday evening, October 13, 2009 that promises to be spirited.

The erstwhile Dillinger has many defenders including Delaware legislator who wrote to the School Board urging common sense.

Zachary’s defenders have erected a website helpzachary.com urging sympathizers to contact the Board members and if they can attend tomorrow night’s disciplinary hearing. To decide whether Zach will get a rap sheet before he gets all his permanent teeth

Zachary’s family is flummoxed by the whole thing. They point out he insist on wearing a suit to school because he takes it so very seriously. For now Zach is being home schooled.

Maybe Obama will invite Zachary and his tormenters to have an Orange Crush at the White House.

Based on this School Board’s logic I would have been gunned down in the school yard for wearing my Boy Scout sheath knife to school.

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