“and collected $2.9 million in fines last year”
This is about collecting revenue, not about the children.
The courts get their take and the school gets half. I remember years ago a woman was complaining that her son was being beat up several times a year by some thug in the school and when he retaliated, he was also arrested and sent to some kangaroo court where he was fined, something like $400. The school didn’t stop the bully from beating him up. Why should they? The kid was a patsy. I told the mother that the school was using her kid to make money off of him and she should really consider her options.