Here's what I'd like to have seen. The students request a change in the rules. Ideally, the school would take them seriously and allow a change on an experimental basis. But if the school said no, then I'd be proud to see those kids engage in civil disobedience inside that school. On a given day all 267 of them walk in and peacefully sit where they like.
The school administration would just have the kids arrested for "disrupting the educational process" no matter how peaceful the kids were.
If they're really unhappy with it, the parents can let the administration know and maybe there'll be a change.
There was a change in policy when one principal in the same state wanted a "silent" lunch for middle school kids and curtailment of bathroom "privileges" this past year, and unhappy parents let the administration know that the kids didn't want to come back next year.
It's all about money and the potential loss of it if no one wants to go to your school.
I'll give ya that one!
Sounds good, but one disruptive student, does nothing. She's had detention before. Maybe she was the wrong one to take the stand.
Also, this is middle school. Why weren't the parents involved if it was so awful for the kids? Perhaps this is an isolated incident.