Interpretations of 'Zero Tolerance' Vary
Superintendent Gene Buinger agreed there was no reason to suspect 16-year-old honors student Taylor Hess of lying when the teenager said a bread knife found in the back of his truck last month was dropped there accidentally.
Just the same, the law required the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district in Bedford to expel the student—a punishment that was widely criticized as being excessive. The only choice district officials had was in deciding how long the suspension would last.
That's how zero tolerance...
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