A school board near Youngstown, Ohio, is debating whether a 6-year-old should be suspended from school for taking a plastic knife from his school cafeteria.

Kevin Long was suspended for doing just that.

And, he could even face expulsion, WLWT Eyewitness News 5 reported Friday.

Struthers Elementary School supplies the plastic knives for students to use at lunchtime. He put the butter knife in his backpack because he wanted to take it home. That reportedly violates the school's zero-tolerance policy.

Kevin's parents have hired a lawyer, according to WLWT.

And, if the school insists on upholding the suspension, his parents reportedly will seek criminal charges against the school for supplying weapons to children.