Good for all of them. Seems like the school administrators could spell L-A-W-S-U-I-T, and then made the proper corrections. Shame it came to all of that, but that's the way the square ball skids!
I am almost 70 now but well remember back in 5th grade one spelling bee we had. The last two standing were a boy from my class and a girl from another. The Principal asked the boy to spell"Mutual" but pronounced it as "Musual". The boy scratched his head and spelled "Musual"
The Principal said WRONG. Then to the girl said, spell "Musual" as in The Musual Broadcasting Company. She said, OH! Mutual. Then spelled "MUTUAL"
The Principle said "Correct, you are the champion speller of this school!
Boy were we upset. But in those days kids did not question the Principal.