Del. school district eases zero-tolerance rule after first grader gets 45-day suspension

October 13th, 2009 1st grader may avoid suspension over utensilBALTIMORE — A Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing his favorite camping utensil to school will likely get a reprieve, a school board member said Tuesday. Zachary Christie, 6, was ordered to spend 45 days in his district's alternative school for troublemakers after he tried to use the combination folding fork, knife and spoon to eat lunch at Downes Elementary School in Newark, Del.

October 13th, 2009 Del. board likely to tweak zero-tolerance policyBALTIMORE — A Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing his favorite camping utensil to school will likely get a reprieve, a school board member said Tuesday. Zachary Christie, 6, was ordered to spend 45 days in his district's alternative school for troublemakers after he brought a combination folding fork, knife and spoon to eat his lunch at Downes Elementary School in Newark, Del., last month.

October 13th, 2009 Delaware board likely to tweak zero-tolerance ruleNEWARK, Del. — A Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing his favorite camping utensil to school will likely get a reprieve, a school board member said Tuesday.

October 13th, 2009 Del. 1st grader faces reform school for camp toolNEWARK, Del. — A Delaware first-grader who wanted to eat lunch at school with his favorite camping utensil, a combination of folding fork, knife and spoon, now faces 45 days in the district's alternative school for troublemakers.

October 13th, 2009 APNewsBreak: Zero-tolerance policy change likelyBALTIMORE — A Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing his favorite camping utensil to school will likely get a reprieve, a school board member said Tuesday. Zachary Christie, 6, was ordered to spend 45 days in his district's alternative school for troublemakers after he tried to use the combination folding fork, knife and spoon to eat lunch at Downes Elementary School in Newark, Del.

July 14th, 2009 Too much homework? Parents, schools seek balanceChristina Harris doesn't believe kindergarteners should have homework. So at the beginning of her son's kindergarten year, she flat-out told the teacher he wouldn't be doing any.

July 7th, 2009 Maine teacher sorry for mock wedding to 4th graderPORTLAND, Maine — A fourth-grade teacher in Falmouth, Maine, has apologized for playing the groom in a mock wedding to a student. The Portland Press Herald reports that Paul Rosenblum agreed to participate after the girl proposed and his class at the Plummer-Motz School cajoled him.

July 1st, 2009 Mayfield in court to fight NASCAR suspensionCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeremy Mayfield is in court trying to get his indefinite suspension from NASCAR lifted by a federal judge.

June 29th, 2009 Court won't get involved in Bible club questionWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stop a school district from blocking a group of Christian students from forming a Bible club on campus. The court refused to hear an appeal from the high school students who wanted to form the Truth Bible Club at Kentridge High School in Washington state in 2001.

June 19th, 2009 Mayfield has July 1 hearing before federal judgeCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeremy Mayfield's next chance to have his indefinite drug suspension lifted will be at a July 1 hearing in federal court.

June 4th, 2009 Iowa student gives classmates rat poison; all OKDAVENPORT, Iowa — An elementary school student in Davenport, Iowa, gave rat poison to seven classmates, but a district official says no one was sickened. District spokeswoman Laura Bozarth says second- and third-graders at Monroe Elementary School ingested a small amount of pellets before school Tuesday.

May 9th, 2009 Obama and first lady visit older daughter's schoolWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, are visiting their older daughter's school. The Obamas left the White House on Friday afternoon for the 20-minute ride to the Washington campus of the Sidwell Friends School.

May 4th, 2009 Rice takes question from 4th-grader on tortureWASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Jewish elementary school students that the Bush administration did not use illegal interrogation tactics. Her remarks were in response to a question from Misha Lerner, a fourth-grader at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital, The Washington Post reported Monday.

May 4th, 2009 Rice takes tough question from fourth graderWASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Jewish elementary school students that the Bush administration did not use illegal interrogation tactics. Her remarks were in response to a question from Misha Lerner, a fourth-grader at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital, The Washington Post reported Monday.

April 26th, 2009 Tire-chasing crewman returns from suspensionTALLADEGA, Ala. — The crew member who chased a tire across pit road has returned from a four-race suspension and is in the pits at Talladega Superspeedway.