[taxcontrol]

Every place is different, but I have heard of parents in your situation actually filing suit against the school board on the grounds that the right to self defence is not supported by such school policies.

[myrabach]

Actually there is quite a bit the parents can do. The first thing is for the parents to be willing to call in the police. And this threat must be vocalized to the administration. Usually, the school will bend over backwards to keep the police out of these incidents. However, in this case, press charges against the Somali. Then the parents need to be willing to sue the school, not only for not allowing self defense, but also for putting the student in a dangerous situation. The school did not provide for the safety of the student.

[sparkydragon]

Really? Where? I would love to know about this. Please, see post 88. I was a prosecutor in Teen Court in high school. We were told that in no circumstance is self defense a defense for a lighter punishment. Teen Court was punishment phase only. To get in you had to plead no contest or guilty. We had cases where people had gotten pulled into a fight by their hair and, as prosecutors, we were expected to go for the max punishment.

sparky