Here’s my problem with the spork, that staple utensil of school cafeterias: it did neither of its jobs well. It never stabbed into food deep enough as a fork, nor easily scooped food as a spoon. No matter what you did, you had to end up using your fingers in some capacity.

So maybe that’s why a first-grade student in Delaware brought his “favorite camping utensil” to school for lunch one day last month. An actual knife, fork and spoon in one - how can you go wrong?

Six-year-old Zachary Christie was going to find out; he was facing a 45-day suspension for bringing the utensil to school. Until Wednesday, that is, when the local school board voted to reduce such punishments to less than five days. The revised rule covers kindergartners and first-graders who take weapons to school or commit violent offenses.

Score another one for common sense.