TR> Ok, Rich, do you wish to talk about schools or law enforcement?
 TR> I read the rest of your message, and you are
 RW> Neither I'm talking about ZT and how it can very easily go from a
 RW> good idea to a tar baby.
Rich, I think that you have managed to discuss a couple of isolated problems
that make zero tolerance programs in a SCHOOL less than perfect, but I don't
think you've made your case to the extent that many would be ready to abandon
these SCHOOL programs. I doubt that you have even convinced many parents that
the specific rules you are talking about need to be thrown out in a SCHOOL
program. School programs are fairly easy to change. A simple petition to the
school board is usually all that is required. Comparing a SCHOOL program to
LAW ENFORCEMENT programs is like comparing grapes and watermelons. I'll leave
it to your imagination as to which entity is the grape. Your first problem
would be finding a significant number of people who share your opinion about
SCHOOL programs.
Tom Rightmer - A Victims' Rights Advocate
... No sense being pessimistic.  It wouldn't work anyway.
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