Barbara Nickoles thinks the Boston Schools Department went too far with its policy against bringing guns into the classroom. Her 7-year-old daughter, Amber, was suspended for three days because she packed a pink squirt gun in her school bag. The 3-inch-long water pistol was a “mock weapon,” school officials said. Amber also was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation. “It’s all well and good for Boston public schools to come down hard on guns in school. But for them to suspend a 7-year-old for having a pink squirt gun that fits in the palm of her hand is overreacting if I’ve ever seen it,” Nickoles said. Nickoles said she has transferred her daughter to another school.
