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Religious dagger OK at Auburn elementary school

The Columbian
Published: October 22, 2014, 5:00pm

AUBURN — The Auburn School District is permitting a boy at Gildo Rey Elementary to bring a dagger to school for religious reasons.

The district says it’s an exception to its zero-tolerance policy for weapons.

Assistant Superintendent Ryan Foster tells KING the knife is to remain under the boy’s clothes at all times.

The small ceremonial knife called a kirpan is considered an instrument of social justice in the Sikh faith.

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