Brickbat: A Bunch of Duds

Three fourth
graders at Idaho’s Central Canyon Elementary School have been
suspended for the rest of the school year for
bringing empty
cans, empty magic markers, and scraps of paper to school.
School officials said they planned to make fireworks with the
items. It isn’t exactly clear how those items could be used to make
fireworks. Nor is it clear how the students planned to ignite them,
since none brought matches. But Superintendent Pat Charlton insists
officials broke up a potentially dangerous situation.