Vampires now a gang symbol?

Is there any doubt remaining that America's schools are run by out-of-touch right-wing kooks?

The right-wing War on Halloween has been humming full-throttle in Savannah, Georgia. A 5th grade student was assigned by his art teacher to draw a scary Halloween mask. He opted to draw a vampire, and the instructor coached him on some of the details.

But when the youngster's homeroom teacher saw the vampire mask, all hell broke loose. She claimed the mask was a gang symbol and that the drops of blood dripping from the undead creature's mouth represented the number of people the student had killed.

As a result, she notified school police, and the student was not permitted to return to school until he passed a psychological evaluation.

A 5th grader was forced to take a mental test for doing exactly what a teacher assigned him to do? Remember, the taxpayers are paying for this.

(Source: http://savannahnow.com/node/605769;
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/31/national/main4560516.shtml)