You may have heard about 17-year-old Kim Peters, a senior at Willow Canyon High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Kim started competitive skeet-shooting in her freshman year. She has won several trophies in this male-dominated sport and aspires to earn her way on to the U.S. Olympic skeet-shooting team. Kim juggles a busy schedule including practicing her sport twelve hours each week.

In October, 2007, Kim was running late for school and parked in a non-student area. A security guard was ticketing the car when he noticed two unopened boxes of shotgun shells in the back seat. Kim was cited for violating the school's ban on possessing a dangerous instrument on campus, and received a four-day suspension. She served her time and is now asking the school to change the wording of her violation in her permanent record to reflect a less serious offense. Otherwise, she contends, this notation in her record could effect her college applications. The school denied her request and appeals are underway.

What do you think? Should there be exceptions to zero-tolerance policies on campus for drugs and weapons? Are there gray areas that should be considered on a case-by-case basis? If so, who decides where to draw the line - the principal, school district, and/or parents?