Local news this morning was showing a cheap fine serrated steak knife, i don't know it was "the" knife or just one they are using for show on the news. The arresting officer was interviewed and he stated that the kid was not handcuffed but was taken to a juvenile center for evaluation to determine in the child had the intent to bring a knife to school to harm someone or whether she just brought the knife for slicing and dicing lunch. The school officials declined interviews but stated that the kid would have to be expelled. And the reporter added that the kid would most likely be charged with bringing a knife to school.

The rules around here seem to be different for each county, the county i live in changed the zero tolerance policy after a high school honor student with a spotless background was caught with a knife and expelled. He had stayed up all night with a sick horse on the family ranch and forgot that he had a pocket knife in his pocket. After the story hit the news, the public outcry was enough so that the school board now uses a case by case basis to determine if the kid needs to be expelled.