Seven months after San Antonio Independent School District barred a fifth grade student from attending class on campus for bringing a “child-safe” knife to school in his lunch box, district trustees voted unanimously in May to overturn the discipline.
Julian Cortez, a fifth grade student at Mark Twain Dual Language Academy, spent nearly the entire school year attending a private school after he was assigned 25 days at a disciplinary alternative education program, or DAEP.
The child-safe “Kinderkitchen” knife has a blunt tip and serrated edges, intended for kids to safely learn cooking skills. Designed to look like dogs, with a nose and dog tail on the handle, to “encourage enthusiastic young chefs,” the knives are suitable for ages 3 and up, according to the online product listing…