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Toy soldiers run afoul of school's weapons ban

This image made from video provided by WPRI on Thursday, June 17, 2010 shows a hat created by 8-year-old David Morales to honor American troops, for an assignment to decorate a hat in his second-grade class at Tiogue School in Coventry, R.I. School officials told him he could not wear the cap he decorated, saying it violated the district's no-weapons policy because the toy soldiers were carrying tiny weapons. (AP Photo/WPRI)

By Michelle R. Smith

Associated Press Writer / June 17, 2010

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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Christan Morales says her son just wanted to honor American troops when he wore a hat to school decorated with an American flag and small plastic Army figures.

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But the hat ran afoul of the district's no-weapons policy because the toy soldiers were carrying tiny weapons.

"His teacher called and said it wasn't appropriate because it had guns," Morales said.

Morales' 8-year-old son, David, was assigned to make a hat for the day when his second-grade class would met their pen pals from another school. She and her

Toy soldiers run afoul of school's weapons ban Christan Morales says her son just wanted to honor American troops when he wore a hat to school decorated with an American flag and small plastic Army figures. [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to digg] [image: Add to ...

Mom: RI school bans patriotic hat for Army figures The mother of a Rhode Island second-grader says her son was barred by his school from wearing a patriotic hat he made to honor Army troops because of a no-weapons policy. [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to digg] [image: ...

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