Two Easton Lacrosse Players Suspended Under Zero-Tolerance Policies

Lacrosse players, generally, carry a lighter or pocket knife daily. We use it for stick maintenance. I’ve never thought once about a player using the tools for harm or even thought of them being weapons. A school board in Eastern Maryland thinks differently. Two Easton High School lacrosse players were suspended recently when their LACROSSE bags were searched on the way to a game.

…Baltimore Sun

Varsity athlete Graham Dennis never thought of the pen knife he carried in his bag to repair his lacrosse stick’s strings as a dangerous weapon. It was a tool of the sport, he believed, until Easton High School officials found the item in a search of bags on a school bus headed for a game.

Dennis and teammate Casey Edsall, who had a lighter that he also used to repair equipment, were sent to the principal’s office and the police were called. Dennis was hauled off in handcuffs to be fingerprinted and charged as a juvenile with possession of a deadly weapon.

The school system’s handling of the punishment has enraged the 17-year-old boys’ parents and drawn criticism from some area residents who say the case is an example of Talbot County’s zero-tolerance policies gone amok. The incident comes just as members of the state board of education are raising concerns about whether some school system policies around Maryland are too harsh and deny students the right to an education.

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Zero tolerance? Zero common sense. Our view: Suspensions of two lacrosse players over equipment used to repair their sticks reflects school leadership that’s afraid to exercise judgment

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7 Comments

  1. Robert Lake on May 13, 2011 at 3:06 am

    The Principal and the rest of the District Admin. should be fired.

  2. Raymon3dguy on May 13, 2011 at 2:15 am

    the people who searched it were definately baseball players..

  3. Will on May 12, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    Talk about abusing power

  4. LaxFan on May 12, 2011 at 4:30 pm

    Ridiculous! Next it will be the lacrosse sticks, field hockey sticks and baseball bats that are deadly weapons! Anything can be a deadly weapon in a school…rulers, pens, pencils, scissors, books, chairs, desks,

  5. FlowhamedalBroseph on May 11, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    thats some bullshit

  6. MK on May 11, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Oh and by what right did they have to search the bags any how?

  7. MK on May 11, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    I heard about this. This is just stupid! Talk about having blinders on! I also heard there was some illegal substances not found in the search that was in some other bags on the same bus!

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