Minnesota Girl Could Be Expelled After Pocket Knife Found During Drug Dog “Lockdown”

More zero tolerance run
amok, via KEYC, a
CBS-affiliated station in Minnesota:

On Tuesday Wells Police reportedly found a small pocket
knife in [high school junior] Alyssa Dresher’s purse during a
routine locker search.

Which led school officials to suspend her for three days. The
school has a very strict weapons policy and according to that, the
punishment could lead to a 12 month suspension after further
advisement from the school board. The superintendent was not able
to speak specifically to the case concerning Drescher but did tell
KEYC that in any situation the safety and welfare for all students
is their primary concern. 

The school board will decide on Thursday whether to kick her out
of school for mistakenly (according to her) bringing a pocket knife
used to complete farm chores to school. Her father says the schools
superintendent, Jerry Jensen, wants to push for a 12-month
suspension or expulsion at Thursday’s meeting and that his daughter
had never had any disciplinary problems before.

The knife was found while the school was put on “lockdown” so a
drug dog could sniff students lockers for drugs,
according to The Albert Lea Tribune, which also
reported that police said they found no drugs in the school during
the search. Drescher’s locker was nevertheless singled out.

Her family and friends set up a
Facebook page in support of Drescher on Thursday. It’s garnered
about 1,100 fans.

Thanks to Anthony Sanders for the tip