Until now I had thought the schools had a locus parentis function. (spelling of the term?) While all this "going by the book" loving as "discipline" is going on, what about the other children who have legitimate expectations of the teacher teaching THEM such mundane subjects a reading, writing, and arithmetic/math?
***.....two school staffers were forced to focus exclusively on the girl during dismissal, one of the busiest and most stressful times of the day; the girl's behavior had prompted the school to call city police a few days earlier, and the mother had complained. ....***