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NH School Confiscates Autistic Boy’s American Flag: ‘Considered a Weapon’

New Hampshire School Confiscates Boys American Flag

Shawn Stevens shows off his confiscated American Flag.

DOVER, N.H. (The Blaze/AP) — A New Hampshire woman is upset that middle school officials confiscated her autistic son’s American flag because the rod it was attached to was deemed a safety hazard and, the mother claims, a possible “weapon.”

Theresa Stevens, of Dover, says her 12-year-old son, Shawn, brought the small flag to school to show friends. He had received it as a gift from a family friend whose son is in Afghanistan.

“When he saw how upset the mother of this boy is that’s going to Afghanistan, he wanted to do everything in his power to show support for her son,” Mrs. Stevens told WMUR-TV:

“He wants to bring patriotism back one person at a time, starting with his peer group and adults that have lost their way,” she added.

Stevens says a school official called Wednesday to say that school workers were concerned that the rod’s pointed end could have been dangerous.

“I got the phone call at 8:30 [Wednesday] morning,” she said. “‘This flag needs to be immediately removed from school because it can be considered a weapon.‘ I don’t understand how an American flag can be considered a weapon.”

Dover Middle school Co-Principal Kimberly Lyndes told Fosters Daily Democrat it wasn’t about discipline or patriotism, but about safety.

“A student came to school yesterday with a flag that was rather large and didn’t fit inside the backpack,” she added to WMUR. “A staff member felt that it could potentially be dangerous because of the pointy end and took the item and let the student know and the parent know that they took the item and could pick it up.”

The boy was not disciplined in the matter.

Stevens says she wants her son to know he did nothing wrong. She says students routinely carry around sharp-tipped items, such as compasses and pencils.

“So can pencils, so can protractors, so can any of the school supplies that they give to these children, and their stance is, ‘Well, we don’t let them wave them around in class, and your son has autism,’” Stevens told the station. “Really? That’s your stance?”

“When somebody shows up with an American flag on American soil at an American school, that’s his First Amendment right to do so,” she added. “Just because he‘s 12 doesn’t mean he doesn’t have constitutional rights.”

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  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:56am

    Hey, did they take away his PENS and PENCILS

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    • Countrygirl1362
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:29am

      My thought exactly.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:35am

      “The philosophy of the classroom today will be the phiosophy of government tomorrow” Abraham Lincoln ” The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs, is to be ruled by evil men.” Plato

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    • cessna152
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:47am

      I assume they would be okay if he came in with a “hammer and a sickle”….

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    • american1st
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:59am

      its just a piece of colored cloth – “all this for a flag” – teach’em young and they may grow up to be first lady….

      children should be raised in foam padded buildings, never be allowed to be near hard or sharp objects, wear helmets 24/7 and have all there food pureed in a blender to prevent choking…. sure they may end up fat and soft like veal but at least they will be safe….

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:01pm

      Really Blaze?!? I mean really! How exactly is this a situation any of you should care about?! A middle school takes away a long pointy stick from an autistic kid because they are afraid he will hurt someone. Look at how the kid is holding the flag in the video! At eye level like a lance! Take a look at 1:20, when he’s pointing the thing right at the camera lens!

      Now, if your kid was in that school and got poked in the eye and even half-blinded by this kid, accident or otherwise, would you think “gee, I would be upset, but since it was an American flag, I guess he had every right….” really folks, don’t be so stupid. Venting your pointless outrage at what was a very reasonable safety decision just demonstrates how completely empty and reactionary your understanding of patriotism is.

       
    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:13pm

      Would they give the autistic child sharp pencils and pens unsupervised?

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:18pm

      @publius – if they simply wanted to avoid risk, they could have taken it, and put it up on the wall for all to see until the end of the day, then asked his parents to find a safer means of expressing his patriotism.

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    • Miguelito
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:30pm

      Good point! The flag represents Americans fight for freedom. The education system is erasing history. They took prayer out of the public schools and look whats happen to public school systems, public schools are inferior for a reason. Their are good teachers in the systems but they are not allowed to do a good job for the incompetent administrations, mainly liberals.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:33pm

      So your problem is that they didn’t put the flag up on the wall? What stupid quibbling is that? And besides, we don‘t know how this kid’s autism manifests itself–taking someone from the child and then putting it up on a wall where he can see it but it would be out of his reach might just be cruel. It would be for most non-autistic kids!

      Please, if you want to be a real patriot, THINK.

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    • kindling
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:37pm

      When you have an autistic son like mine you take away all sharp, pointed, and dangerous things. Sew the flag on his jacket. This is not about the flag and I am surprised they are making it to sound this way. Grow up, it is about the arrow it is attached to.

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    • Cerealface
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:43pm

      Watch what I can do with a brick.

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    • mizflame98
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:00pm

      The irony is New Hampshire is the “Live Free or Die” state.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:09pm

      Mizflame,
      That would only be ironic if it was the “Live Free and get Poked in the Eye” state.

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    • Nervous Investor
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:26pm

      … and what about his geometry set …. with Compass and Divider and pointy angular objects … do they eat with forks in this school?

      I remember as a child …. we boys would throw Dividers at a notice board at the back of each class room …. like darts or knives …. one of these did bounce off and embed itself in my leg but …. what the heck ….. that was growing up ….. BTW the instrument that GB displayed on a recent show that he labelled as George Washington’s Compass …. looked more like a Divider to me but what the heck ….

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:28pm

      Put the Flag on a rubber rod without sharps points on either end and give the Flag back to the Child.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:33pm

      HOW many kids do you know that were poked in the EYE with a FLAG POLE??????
      IN my 62 years I know of none!!!

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    • rangerp
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:41pm

      @TomFerry

      Yesterday you compromised with the sodomites, and today side with the flag snatchers. What cause will you champion tomorrow? Snail darters? fat people against McDonalds? late term abortions? a need for stricter gun control? Global warming is real? Lady Ga Ga for president?

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 2:22pm

      RULES for bringing an AMERICAN flag to school in America:

      1. Make SURE to have every OTHER national flag along with you, so as not to project “favoritism”.
      2. ALWAYS place the SAUDI flag in the prominent position.
      3. DO NOT attempt to salute, or pledge allegiance to “Old Glory”, as this may offend someone, and “being offended” is the ultimate victim-hood status.
      4. Bring PLENTY of matches, so the TEACHERS can burn the flag after school and teach the children anti-American chants.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 2:50pm

      Look folks, we’re getting most of the story of what happened from the mother who is relating what the autistic kid said he was doing with the flag on the bus. Does anyone think this is a completely reliable account of the situation? Kid’s lie all the time, and parents lie about their kids all the time. It’s entirely possible that the kid was poking or hitting someone with it, or otherwise waving it around in a way that it could hurt someone. We don’t know–the nurse made a judgment call to stop kids from getting hurt.

      And it’s NOT the responsibility of the school officials to MacGuyver up some way to make the flag non-threatening like The-Monk stupidly suggested. In fact, given the supposed story behind this particular flag, taking it off its original rod would seem like wanton distruction of an item with a lot of sentimental value.

      Frankly, this Mom is incompetent and apparently has no regard for the safety of anyone else’s kids. If someone was going to make the flag “safe,” she should have done it, rather than sending her autistic son off on the bus with a foot-long pointy spear. The fact that she thinks its a first amendment issue rather than a very clear safety issue just reinforces the point that she is an unfit parent.

      I notice none of you chest-thumpers have responded to Kindling’s post about his/her own autistic child–I love how you Blazers just ignore informed arguments when you have no way to counter them.

       
    • RLNoland
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 2:59pm

      Hey, I was going to ask the same, wondering if they took all the kids pens and pencils and the sticks outside or the teachers pointer or their chairs and books, you know, anything that can be used as a wea pon.

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    • Katydidnt
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:01pm

      Okay, I’ll respond to the lady with the autistic child. I have two autistic children. I would trust them not to poke anyone’s eye out with them. I would worry that they might disrespect the flag. There is a saying in autism circles. If you have met one person with autism, you have met one person with autism. They are all different and unique. Your experience with one does not correlate with how another person with autism will react. If this child has been mainstreamed, he is probably very high functioning. His autism should not be a cause for alarm unless he has previously presented issues. If he had, I doubt he would be mainstreamed.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:55pm

      I wonder how many of the kids wear belts with their pants? Perhaps there should be no straps on their packs, either. Forget about shoe laces- heii, these kids are going to choke someone one of these days- you just watch and see, then PubliusPencilDickMan willbe justified in his liberal commie ‘it’s for the children’ rant.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:56pm

      Brilliant! Are that many of you really trying to make the case that a pencil or a pen is the same thing as this long pointy stick? And if someone looked like they were in danger of stabbing someone in the eye with a pencil, and you were the authority figure supposed to look after the kids, wouldn’t you take it away? And Wolf, I’m sure some of them do wear belts–now if one of the students were to take off his belt and swing it around at the risk of hitting someone, what would you do as an authority figure?

      Katydidnt,
      Fair enough that we can’t necessarily generalize about autistic children, which is why we should probably trust the judgement of the nurse ON THE SCENE and who probably knows the kid. My mother worked in special ed. for years as an aide for autistic children in regular classrooms.

      But OK–I have a story too. One day, the kid she was helping started flailing around with a pencil in his hand, and accidently stabbed her in the eye. Of course, the kid needs to use pencils, you know, for learning; so there was no reason why he shouldn’t have pencils. I am glad, however, that he was not holding a pointy stick three times as long when he jabbed her in the eye.

      If the kid brought a different two foot long pointy stick to class, and was in danger of poking someone with it, it would be a non-issue if the nurse took it away. Putting a flag on something does not mean all rules are suspended.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:17pm

      @PubliusPencilman

      “Please, if you want to be a real patriot, THINK.”

      You desperately need to take your own advice.

      Thanks for participating.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:52pm

      Gee, Jaycen got me with his “I know you are but what am I” argument! Solid logic!

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    • txbigfoot
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:25pm

      @PubliusPencilman
      your a total idiot
      Go to the doctor about your Cranial Rectitus issue please

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:59pm

      …and then TXBigfoot just goes with simply name calling. How can anyone argue with that? The Founding Fathers would be proud.

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    • JimCDew
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 7:48pm

      @AMERICAN1ST – ” sure they may end up fat and soft like veal but at least they will be safe….” and tasty. Mwahhahahaha

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    • JimCDew
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 7:56pm

      @ PULIUSPENCILMAN – Haven’t you heard? They’v already stopped teaching writing in schools so there is no need for pens or PENCILS.

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    • artistskeptic
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 8:02pm

      Good God political correctness gone bazerk!!! Send the safety police out to play with themselves!!

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    • ProgressivesAreEvil
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 8:29pm

      Penislman has a point, the kid has autism….I suppose they should cut his fingers off too so he can’t poke someone in the eye with those either, right?

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    • vorpal
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 8:47pm

      How about his finger too…take it away…I mean a finger can poke and even be a pretend gun…OMG not a pretend gun….
      progressive morons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • MichaelMs
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 8:50pm

      I would DEMAND it!!

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    • Chutza
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:08pm

      So Publius you feel that any autistic child shouldn’t have pointy items, MY autistic daughter used to throw scissors and pencils and whatever else she got her hands on when she was throwing a fit. Unlike this boy my daughter doesn’t talk or communicate so we have no idea what is wrong or why. DO you think we should punish them and take everything away from them all the time. The teacher could have told the boy that the tip is very sharp and could hurt someone and to put it in the backpack just to be safe. And you could have left the backpack partly open. They understand My daughter does even if she can’t communicate. IF it was a safety issue there are many more ways to handle this than to not allow the American Flag. I have seen kids and teachers at schools wearing Che Guevara t-shirts saying he was a freedom fighter when infact he was a terrorist and murderer. So were is the freedom for this boy…oh everyone else can have their 1st amendment rights but not special needs children. I don’t care what your beliefs are Everyone has the constitutional right to free speech and expression.

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    • Chutza
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:34pm

      Oh and American Soldier yes they do give them pencils etc and let them work without hovering over them. Oh they are in the classroom but they don’t stand over the child while they are working.
      Also thank you for your service to our great country.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on September 17, 2011 at 8:54am

      I have a high functioning autistic child, and I would not be afraid of him taking a flag to school. I wouldn’t be afraid of him having sharp objects. He’s now 21 and helps me cook. Autism is not always rain man, or severe. Autism is an inability to process one’s senses correctly, or a rigid adherance to routines. It doesn‘t mean he’s violent or going to try and see what will happen if he pushes a stick through the principal or another student. If they had a rule that NO FLAGS ON STICKS were allowed, possibly, but if it’s just because it could be considered a weapon, better take all the pencils away. When I was in the 6th grade, we had a boy that looking back was probably autistic, and he tried to stab the principal with a protractor, kicked him him the cajones and ran away.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 17, 2011 at 8:54am

      Simple simple solution: The mom takes the flag off the stick, and lets the kid bring just the cloth to school. Since it that case it could no longer cause a safety hazard, if the school confiscates the flag again, you would then have a clear-cut 1st amendment issue. As simple as that.

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    • James
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:48am

      @PubliusPencilman

      I thought taking the flag away from this kid was the most moronic thing I have ever heard. That is until I read your comment. You are clearly much worse that the brain dead PC principal at this school.

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  • wouldubelieveit
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:55am

    bend over it’s from dover

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:55am

    has the school looked at PENCILS? Ink pens? how about SPORKS??? these can all be used as weapons.. I still have the lead from a pencil in my knee because i was stabbed with it way way way back in 5th grade. I should sue the schools for allowing my pain and suffering 30 years ago. BAN PENCILS everyone use CRAYONS ONLY..

    oh wait im smarter than that.. gosh this is just schools being STUPID.. no wonder are kids are turning out like they are

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    • BibleGunClinger
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:41am

      So these people are educating our young ones!!!??? This is so stupid there is no way it could even begin to fall under some kind of zero tolerence guidline the school has.
      The liberal/progressive mindset is an abomination.

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    • mamagriz79
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:48am

      Had to comment because I too have a part of a pencil tip inbedded in my leg from a kid stabbing me with it at school. But i can’t recall ever being threatened with a flag!

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    • mtnhimike
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:54pm

      don‘t eat the crayon’s !

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  • Wayne
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:55am

    Way do the parents let the schools get away with this? Take their kids out of that school, home school, move, do anything to protect your childrens. The teachers do this because they know the parents won’t stop it.

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    • GodHatesFigs
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:09pm

      You can’t just home school a child with autism.

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    • Chutza
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:20pm

      No you can’t we have tried and were told that we could be brought up on neglect charges and have our children taken away from us. Unless we got a special tutor/teacher who specializes in autism and we paid for their salary then we could home school our daughter. While we are comfortable and able to afford our children (we have 4) we could not afford to hire a special ed teacher to “home” school our daughter. By the way if we could have she would still have to be taught exactly as if she were in public school which in my opinion wouldn’t have been any better at least she gets the social aspects in public school.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:55am

    Hey school board…Don’t forget these kids have sharp teeth that they can bite people with.
    Maybe you should sew their mouths shut or superglue their lips together just to be extra safe.

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    • chfields62
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 2:47pm

      With the insane amount of stupidity going in here and around the world, we should just nuke the fu^%$g planet and start over……………………

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    • YoungConservativesRule
      Posted on September 17, 2011 at 2:55pm

      Lol

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:54am

    Come on.. couldn’t the teacher have just put it on the desk on display so as NOT to make the boy feel bad? What are they going to do.. remove ANYTHING with a point..like pencils, pens,scissors or even rulers? ANYTHING can be turned into a weapon. This is getting INSANE.. really…

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:17am

      It’s all about bullying the weak. That’s the state for you, all through history, bully and beat up on the weak and helpless.

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    • RIGEL_ORION
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:09pm

      Exactly! Anything can be fashioned into a weapon. Just ask a prison guard.

      The school is just using this as an excuse for what’s most likely the real reason:

      They don’t like the kid with Autism and (fair or not) think he’s going to do something stupid or violent with it. They most likely see him with the typical condescending Liberal sympathy and didn’t want him having anything he could wave around at school.

      I don’t know if the kid has any history of this type of behavior, but they are definitely giving him the typical ‘protect you from yourself’ liberal treatment. The whole reason why this school‘s story doesn’t pass the smell test is because its bull. Unwilling to admit their predisposition to a student, they hide behind a weapons excuse.

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    • GodHatesFigs
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:15pm

      Many children with autism are a danger to themselves as well as a danger to others. It’s a difficult balance and our teachers have the difficult job to make these tough decisions. For you to assume some ulterior motive is simply unfair.

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    • Chutza
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:31pm

      Actually Figs, autistic children are just like other children as long as you are firm about what is right or allowable and what isn’t they behave. Yes they can be a danger to themselves and others, but to take away their freedom of expression is wrong. I can see if he was running around the classroom and using it as a sword the teacher then has a right but from what I got from the report he was waving it showing PRIDE IN AMERICA not using it in a threatening fashion. By the way with an autistic child if they are going to hurt themselves or others you have warning signs trust me I have an autistic daughter I know as do her teachers, siblings and our friends. And she listens to other adults perfectly fine. They understand you just have to explain it to them.

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:53am

    More PC crap. Why don’t they just take away those pencils and compasses as well as the following:

    rulers (if they break, they can be sharp, pointy thingies)
    shoe laces (strangling potential)
    erasers (choking hazard)
    paper (paper cuts are nasty)
    thumb tacks (could stab someone in the eye with one of those things)
    3-ring binders (could pinch your fingers in the rings)
    lunch and snack foods (choking hazard)
    school buses and cars (could run over a person)
    flag pole (sticking your tongue on a frozen one in the winter could hurt, just like in Christmas Story)
    speaking of Christmas Story, take away BB guns (could shoot your eye out)
    roller skates, rollerblades, skateboards (could fall)
    pets (you could get bitten)
    bed sheets (potential rope for hanging yourself)
    clothing (ditto)
    and hammers, knives, saws, screwdrivers, hot water, forks, plastic utensils, hot dogs, fries, plastic wrap, glass bottles, combs and brushes, skillets, cooking pans, hairspray, paint, rubbing alcohol, cough medicine, Vicks vapor rub, hand sanitizer…………

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    • livenawake
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:28pm

      Love the list!

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    • rtk
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:42pm

      Add a CD broken in half, both pieces are double pointed and very sharp.

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  • TSUNAMI-22
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:53am

    I agree it’s a weapon, ….against communism.

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    • whitefield
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:27am

      I wish I could rate this comment up!

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    • AJAYW
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:43am

      Look at the name of the paper that should tell you something about the area

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  • fcbs46
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:53am

    Ding kid brought a spear to school. Educators have forgotten their common sense in the colleges they have attended.

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    • Micmac
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:14am

      They weren’t taught common sense.

      NoBama 2012

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  • Lonescrapper
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:53am

    Have they banned pencils yet?

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  • Lonescrapper
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:52am

    Common sense is completely void from public schools.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:52am

    A sharp pencil is by far worse. JIMHO

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  • Texas woman56
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:50am

    I agree with this, if you are moving it around widly it could hit someone in the eye. It depends on the actions of the autistic child. I would have to know the child. He might have a flag but not the stick. You need to teach in middle school or special Ed to understand.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:53am

      So they don’t get pencils?

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    • RRFlyer
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:53am

      It is almost as dangerous as a Potato Chip shaped like a gun

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    • Lonescrapper
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:56am

      Um… pencils?

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    • eternalhostility
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:33am

      So you know better than the parents of the child? You are another big government central planner MORON.

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    • Chutza
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 11:37pm

      Tx woman, you obviously are in the misconception that special ed specializes in autism it doesn’t they teach them just as they do someone with downs. Autistic children need a more structured learning environment with no deviations or they have fits.

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  • Eraty Bab
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:49am

    Stand your ground Mrs. Stevens!

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  • beentheredonethatsoiknow
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:49am

    Time to remove pencils and sharpeners from classrooms. Take scissors away from teachers. Self-closing doors can pinch fingers. Glue and finger paint? Hazardous materials. Schools are giant safety hazards.

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  • Pattondog
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:49am

    jjiminy crickets, anything could be a weapon, death by a thousan paper cuts, a pencil note book wire,
    why dont we just wrap the kids in bubble wrap and put headphones on them that repeat specific messages of state authority and snitch on your neighbor and inform the good government of your parents political stances. and make sure you give them a trophy for showing up too. wouldnt want to hurt anyones feelings unless you beleive in god and country and heaven forbid you support the constitution and minimal taxes. i think biden classifies that as terrorist tendendices

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  • dablooz
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:49am

    Next on the list to be benned …. pencils!

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:55am

      One of the World trade Center Bombers (1993) actually stabbed a person with a pen. It caused brain damage.

      I-pads are no good either. You could hit someone over the head with one.

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  • yougottabekidding
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:47am

    DID they take all of the pencils and pens from all of the students? They are more dangerous! Smaller and easier to conseal, much smaller surface area gives better penetration! A sharp pencil is a formatable weapon.

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  • SREGN
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:47am

    A weapon against the rule of tyrants for 200 years.

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  • PApeacemaker
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:46am

    This makes me sick, I bet if he had a Soviet Union flag the teachers wouldnt have bothered him. Heck they prolly would have hung it up in the front of the classroom. These teachers need to be suspended without pay for stupidity. I know I wouldnt want my kids getting taught by these traitors.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:53am

      Or an illegal kid with a Mexican flag…that would be fine.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:46am

    Well, it used to be a weapon…against tyranny. Not so much anymore.

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  • Travers
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:46am

    What the h E double hockey sticks??? My Lord in heaven….God Bless that patriotic boy and family!!

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  • spirited
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:45am

    Oh yes,
    …Better bolt the books to the desks
    and the chairs to the floor.

    >projectiles

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:53am

      Earth to stupid teachers” Anything that a person can throw or swing is a weapon.

      Safety starts when people want to be part of society; Not by proscribing objects.

      Safety comes from within. If a person wants to be a part of society he can be by any number of objects and he won;t use them to harm anyone.

      I think that teachers need as high of college entrance scores as science majors to get into college. It would go a long way to getting rid of stupid teachers and raising their salary levels.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:45am

    I honestly have to feel that the only reason this flag was seized and taken away was for PC garbage reasoning; the liberals see the flag as utterly offensive to their cause and for what the flag represents so they let ideology overide their compassion for a autistic boy.

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  • Texas Hills Patriot
    Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:45am

    Based on the school’s twisted reasoning, all pencils and pens should be confiscated. Give every child a miniature chalkboard and a box of chalk. You really have to go out of your way to be this stupid, or so fearful of a lawsuit that you act irrationally, by confiscating a child’s flag.

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