[AndyJackson]

School officials acting in loco parentis

There is a limit to how far school officials can act in loco parentis when the real parents are in loco and no Court has made the school a ward of the child.

[Mojave]

There is a limit to how far school officials can act in loco parentis

That limit being set by municipal law and regulation. Until you and ACLU demand that the federal courts manage the schools ad hoc.