Ahem. I was talking about you. What gives you the right to judge, if only the pure may judge? Why don't you work on your own sins, before you judge him?
And... humiliate two students? THEY are the ones who circulated the photos, not him. THEY are the ones who went to the press. THEY are the ones who are bringing the lawsuit. There's nothing in this article that says he humiliated them to the public in any way.
And you think the QB who circulated sexy photos of his girlfriend wouldn't be treated the same? We're both speculating, but I doubt his behavior would be tolerated. Nor should it be.
The peer cruelty you described which your friends endured is appalling and cannot in any way be defended. My own opinion is that the peer culture out there is deeply corrupt --- students being incredibly cutting and wounding to each other ----which is one reason why we're a homeschooling family.
Back when I was a political lesbian, years ago, it was the kindness of Christians that saved my troubled soul.
But the culture at the school, encouraged by the teachers, parents, and principal, is what caused the incidents to occur. If I had gone to a school where there was a no tolerance policy for such incidents, then nothing would have happened to my friends or anyone else. Children, especially teens, take their cues from adults.
Clearly, if the behavior demonstrated by the principal was any taste of what is permitted in that school, then there's serious issues. First, we don't even know if the picture incident was true; since it's a private institution, they could have been expelled because of the words of a single student with any ulterior motive. Secondly, even if they were circulating racy photos, then the principal could have handled the situation with more tact. Mocking and humiliating a student, even one who has made a serious mistake, is horrible behavior for an adult role model to engage in. It tells the students that it's OKAY for them to act likewise toward their classmates, acquaintances, etc.