Deaf boy's Name sign looks too much like a gun

[RX8er]

What has the world come to?

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Brace yourselves, because this is the dumbest thing you'll hear all day. The Grand Island (Neb.) school district is forcing a 3-year-old deaf boy to change the way he signs his name, because they say his gestures violate their weapons policy.

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Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it.

"He's deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy," explained Hunter's father, Brian Spanjer.

Grand Island's "Weapons in Schools" Board Policy 8470 forbids "any instrument...that looks like a weapon," But a three year-old's hands?

[G26ster]

Wells, as this story is almost a year old, it was almost TEOTWAWKI in MHO. But, as we are still here, guess not, but it makes me think that we are real close to it.

[Dadtodabone]

Hunter retained the right to his unique name sign:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybre ... 48178.html
The community and concerned folks nationwide helped out.

[RX8er]

Wow, I missed that that was a 10 months ago. So glad this was pre Newtown or that poor kid would have been thrown in the slammer.

[Keith B]

Here's the orignal topic http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=57740" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;