This is my opinion not an attack.First of all thank you for your post and for you opinion!
I just personally feel a 10 year old should be more supervised . I also think the parents should be making her lunch for her and know what she is eatting and what she is putting the the lunch bag .
Oh nappy are you an enabler? Do you have control issues? We are here to teach our young not do for them. Do you have a 10 year old? A 10 year old can actually quite easily pull the wool over their parents eyes in mild sneaking things. The parents could have made her lunch while they are getting ready to take kids to school she could have slipped the knife in her lunch bag. I remember my girls not being able to use a knife with any skill so they liked the steak knives because they made cutting easy. I do not agree with zero tolerence policy but it really is due to taking the easy route no matter who it hurts. And for the others worried that this child has a juvey record it stops when they are 18 and life is hard knocks school. With her parents teaching her that she has to follow the rules and "see what happens when you take the knife that I have told you repeatedly not to bring "
And here is more fuel for you. When my girls were 6,8,and 10 they fought and cried and carried on were late for school and I couldn't do anything with them. I stopped getting up and getting them ready. They could be late for school and get kicked out it was up to them. Well long story short they were never late to school. I also refused to jump in and save them when they forgot things one time of me not saving them in the small things taught them to be prepared in the big ones. I never had to take money for lunch or lunch up to school and never had to bring school work to them. Okay sorry I am off my soap box. And welcome Nappy