But if it were my kid being threatened with a sharp deadly instrument in our school, especially by a child with known tantrum issues, "DP" would be permanently out of that school so fast he wouldn't have time to clean out his desk. I don't care who his parents are, they could be the president and the first lady for all I care, that kid's not going to be allowed to threaten my child with a deadly weapon any more. Not one single time more.

And if the school balks at expelling the child, the next people to hear about it would be the local newspaper. Then the local television station. Imagine the impact of a cute 10 year old on the screen saying, "He tried to stab me with the sharp scissors, but the school keeps him here even though Dad says he's dangerous."

Then imagine the defamation suit caused by widely exaggerating ("scissors" becomes "weapon", "threatened" becomes "tried to stab") an event to which there were no adult eye-witnesses.

Peter