Pubdate: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 Source: Fresno Bee, The (CA) Copyright: 2001 The Fresno Bee Contact: http://www.fresnobee.com/man/opinion/letters.html Website: http://www.fresnobee.com/ Forum: http://www.fresnobee.com/man/projects/webforums/opinion.html Author: Woodrow E. Nichols, Jr. END 'ZERO TOLERANCE' I did not raise both of my daughters in this fair city of ours in order for them to gain their primary education in the modified prisons some of the more deluded among us still call schools. I am talking about the insanity of the "zero tolerance" policy. In my opinion, based upon my own personal experience with this hellish policy, zero tolerance -- yes, even more than the infidelity of President Clinton -- destroyed my daughters' faith in our system. And now I see that Fresno Unified School District is sponsoring another multimillion-dollar bond measure, especially now that they only need a 55% majority of the vote to succeed. I will never vote for another school measure as long as the madness of zero tolerance continues to hold the petty paranoid minds of the school officials and boards in sway. Woodrow E. Nichols Jr., Fresno - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D