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A Massachusetts school district superintendent said a memo banning sixth graders from carrying pencils was written without district approval.

North Brookfield School District interim Superintendent Gordon Noseworthy said Wendy Scott, one of two sixth-grade teachers at North Brookfield Elementary School, did not get approval from administrators before sending the memo to all sixth-grade parents, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported Thursday.

The memo said students would no longer be allowed to bring writing implements to school. It said pencils would be provided for students in class and any students caught with pencils or pens after Nov. 15 would face disciplinary action for having materials "to build weapons."

Noseworthy said the memo does not represent district policy.

Ghoulish Delight

11-24-2010 09:44 AM

Noseworthy?

Alex	11-24-2010 10:16 AM

Well, if he truly is noseworthy, I hope one day his dream comes true.

And the teacher has a point, back in elementary school we stabbed each other with pencils all of the time. If they'd been taken away from us we'd have had to use our knives.

Cadaverous Pallor

11-24-2010 12:25 PM

Nerf needs to make a pencil.

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