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A2 The Aricin Republic Saturday, Stptrmhvr 4, IW9 'Pry I School weapons rules viewed as 2-edged knife Derek Daughetee pays the driver of the city bus that will take him to the next stop on his commute to school. From the stop, he bikes the rest of the way. His 10-hour day begins at dawn. He leaves his home while everyone else is asleep and is on the bus by 6:30 a.m. He finally arrives back home at 4:30 p.m.

On the bus, "I fall asleep most of the time," he says. SCHOOL fnm Itye A I Elementary School District, expelled 17 students last year five of them for bringing knives. "Our board wants safe schools," said Tempe Elementary spokeswoman Kathy Bareiss. "That's our Ma HenleIhe Arizona Republic Michael ChowThe Arizona Republic Derek's mother, Terri Cobb, says of the case that got her son expelled from school, "We had no idea of what the full effect of that expulsion meant." ATURDAY 9499 1 sive widow, daughter-in-law and grand-daughter-in-law of three Indian prime ministers, has reluctantly become a candidate for Parliament in elections that begin Sunday and continue for four successive weekends. A35 priority.

We have to be responsible for the safety of 12,000 students." On Friday morning, the September sun is barely rounding the horizon when Derek unchains his bike from his house, pumps up the back tire and heads for the city bus stop on 48th Street at the border of Tempe and Phoenix. By 6:30 a.m., he has his bike on the bus and has begun his 10-mile commute to school a city away in Mesa. His 1 0-hour days begin at dawn. He bikes to the city bus stop a mile from his house and takes an eight-mile bus ride to Country Club Drive. "I fall asleep most of the time," Derek said.

He got lost the first day; fortunately he had his grandmother's phone number, his mom said. Dismounting at Country Club, he gets back on his bike and rides about two more miles to school. He reverses the routine on the way home; he's already had to wait for the next bus because of the bus' bike rack being full, with two bikes. Nice drivers have allowed him to pull the bike into the back of the bus. He usually pulls into his house just before 4:30 p.m.

Still, the commute isn't as difficult as the search for a new school. "If one school believes that it was an egregious enough offense to expel the child, then other schools don't have to take them," said Laura Penny, spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Education. Bareiss said the Tempe School District offers parents a list of charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run, that might accept expelled students. But for the most part, parents are left to fend for themselves if a child PRAYER Lord, let us always remember to pass on to others your great gift of-love. Amen.

CHUCKLE Old statisticians never die, they just know when their number's up. ALMANAC Today is the 247th day of 1999. 1781, Los An applied to and was turned away from several school districts, including Kyrene and Roosevelt. Interviews with dozens of charter school operators were fruitless as well. Schools that would accept him in Mesa were too far away or too full.

"Every time I brought up the weapons thing it was a problem," Cobb said. "That's all they heard when I said Even though both of Derek's parents work, Cobb began ordering information on hOme schooling. Two days before school started in August, Life School College Preparatory, a charter school in downtown Mesa, accepted Derek. Derek said he likes the school, has made new friends and has volunteered for student government. The school administrators speak kindly of him.

"I felt very confident Derek would be a very good student at our school," said David Mackey, site director of the school. "I haven't been proved wrong. CRIME LAB: Step aside Kenneth Starr. More than two dozen Arizona criminal-defense lawyers have called for the appointment of an independent counsel of a different sort. They want a special prosecutor to look into allegations of evidence tampering by the Arizona Department of Public Safety crime laboratory.

B1 AUTO AUCTION: The Barretts are suing the Jacksons. In a lawsuit filed Aug. 27 in Maricopa County Superior Court, Thomas W. Barrett III and his son, Thomas IV, claim that Craig Jackson and his mother, Nellie, deceived the Barretts when they bought them out in 1997 for $1.5 million. The Barretts also 1 6, mandating parents to find a way to get their kids an education.

"They're limited," said Penny, who sees the contradiction in what the state's education laws allow. "We put ourselves up against ourselves." No one knows that better than Terri Cobb, Derek's mom. She spent months explaining Derek's story about the knife to different school officials. Derek meant to trade it with a friend for a Gameboy, explained his mom, who said Derek has never had a disciplinary problem at school. He gave the other student the knife, but two weeks later the friend changed his mind on the trade.

He gave the knife back to Derek. Soon after, the knife fell out of his backpack. What followed was a suspension, meetings, hearings, letters from the district office and fears that culminated with Derek's expulsion. the Cobbs have been fighting the action ever since. "We knew we were in trouble but it was too late.

We didn't have an attorney," Cobb said. "We had no idea of what the full effect of that expulsion meant." Derek missed the last two months of the school year, and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office filed charges that eventually were dropped. In the ensuing months, Derek ON TAP: Eight years later, Bob Cor-ritore's "wild little adventure" better known as the Rhythm Room is still bringing some of the country's best blues and roots music to Phoenix. D1 TOLKIEN TRILOGY: What's very long, has big, hairy feet and takes two years to get to a cinema? And do you really want a Gandalf to go with your fries? D4 geles is founded by Spanish settlers. In 1888, George are suing their own lawyers.

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We're willing to look beyond rigid guidelines that hurt regular public education." Parent and administrative assistant Linda Hill said the school is lucky to have him. "A lot of little Boy Scouts out there are used to carrying pocket knives. He probably didn't even think of it," said Hill. While Derek is in a classroom, his parents still fight to remove the' expulsion from his educational record in the Tempe district. The Tempe Elementary administration has asked for a state attorney general's opinion on whether the Cobbs can be present during a closed hearing on their son.

Terri Cobb plans to hand out fliers at an upcoming school board meeting asking parents to closely examine the district's disciplinary policy, which she said leaves little room for kids to make mistakes. "Parents have the right to know that their kid could lose the right to their education. That's not right and it's not fair," Cobb said. "I don't understand how people can be so flippant about a child's life." Melissa Jones can be reached at (602) 444-7951 or at melissa.jonespni.com. DENNIS: Dennis, the storm that re addresses the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco.

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Experts said that transplants in which neither donor nor recipient knows the other person were almost unheard of until re Michael ChowThe Arizona Republic Derek's commute isn't as difficult as the search for a new school was. "Every time I brought up the weapons thing it was a problem," his mother said. cently. A28 LASER COSTS: The Energy De NEWS SHOWS partment admits to problems in a pro gram to build the world's largest laser, CORRECTIONS POLICY The Arizona Republic corrects errors fully and promptly. To report an error in the news columns, phone The Republic at (602) 444-8143.

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