Calvert Kindergartner Sentenced to Time Served

A day or so ago, I reported on how a local 5 year old kindergarten student had been interrogated for 2 hours (he peed his pants), and suspended from school for 10 days because he snuck a cowboy style cap pistol to school.  Today, we have good news, his sentence has been reduced to 3 days, which just happens to be the amount of suspension he has already served:

School officials in Calvert County ruled Friday that a kindergarten boy suspended for taking his cowboy-style cap gun onto a school bus may return to school Monday, according to the child’s family and a lawyer.

The decision, made at a Friday disciplinary conference, cuts the boy’s 10-day suspension back to the three days he has already served. The family’s request to clear the incident from the boy’s school records must be considered separately, those involved said.

Ed Morrisey at Hot Air (where I found this update) thinks this is an attempt to avoid firings, or at best a hefty law suit. However, since the boys mother works in the same school district as a teacher I doubt it will come to that.