[King Prout]

Trevena said. "She may be the best mother on the planet."

wow... well, MY mother raised two kids on her own for eight years, both by the same father, never went to jail, never associated with drug users/dealers, neither I nor my sister ever had this kind of disciplinary problem in kindergarten or elementary school, oh - and my mother can speak proper English (which this woman, as one can tell by listening to her taped remarks rather than reading a heavily redacted hardcopy, clearly cannot)... what does that make her, the best mother in the Universe?

geesh, what a dumbass remark... even for a lawyer.

[usa1776]

Two wrongs make a right?

Whether or not she is mother of the year is only one of a few issues in this case.

What are the school's policies for dealing with such a situation? Has the addiction to federal funding (based on number of pupils, attendance, and special needs students) compromised public schools desire to actually resolve conduct problems?

The school will request federal funding for counseling all parties involved. With the police having been called, the girl will be classified as a "special need", thus, the school will qualify for additional federal dollars.

The local police will now request more federal dollars based on their need to patrol the schools.

The only fool involved is the taxpayer. The mom, school, and police just need to work out the details of how much money each party will get.