Originally Posted by Wicked Lady

If you go that route, why not go full force and ban any English derivatives? Slang, Ebonics, etc.

The kid asked for a dollar. You're an adult entrusted with educating students on a secondary level, and you can't figure out what that kid was saying? My Spanish is pure crap, and I could tell there wasn't anything violent implied in his statement.

When it comes to school safety and school rules, you can't make them all black and white. There HAS to be a gray area. ESPECIALLY these days, when the whole country is up in arms over immigration and the like. Schools are a LEARNING environment.