Bingo! Yahtzee!
The article was written based on a lawsuit filed by parents, which is where the author would have gotten their facts.
Is expecting an actual reporter to actually engage in journalism ... actually investigate the situation ... actually report the WHOLE story ... just too much? Maybe you're willing to let that sort of mediocrity (at best) slide. I'm not. The story neither begins nor ends with "teachers confined students to the boiler room".
whether that information was even available to the author.
Baloney. It's a reporter's JOB to ask questions and get answers.
You didn’t address the point, which is that it is not necessary to know what the kids did in order to discuss the issue of the lack of alternative punishments.