Thank you for posting that. I hope more people will read this.
To me, one of the worst things is that these (dumb) kids were being used for the political objectives of their principal and teachers. I say dumb, because any teenager can be maniplated or intimidated into doing just about anything. And the poor kids certainly didn’t know something like this would happen.
If I were a parent and was not ASKED by the TEACHER, there would an immediate letter. Perhaps Andy though he might get on TV tonight and be one of the new grievance march stars, except it went wrong and could gone far worse if some of those had been hit while they were supposed to be in SCHOOL.