You shouldn't if you choose not to.
After all, it's a free country!
THe only Red Flag I see at the moment in this story is that it says that Kimberly was an Honors Student in HS and was doing fine in school until Midterms, and then her grades started dropping and she failed a couple classes.
I have to wonder : 1. what is the cause of her academic drop? 2. What effect did it have on the decision to dismiss her from the squad?
If the school indeed removed her solely because of her job, then she has every right to go after restitution. However, something tells me we haven't heard the entire story.