What happened is that the authority figure grabbed the hand of a minor kid against the kid's will in a public place with witnesses. That constitutes assault. I would never be OK with a person my kid does not like forcing physical contact with him. How do these guys get the time to run schools if they spend so much time on writing letters to 8th graders and going to court over something that should not have happened. And, something is not right with that judge - this is the land of the free and if a kid refuses physical contact with someone, his rights should be upheld.
If it were my kid, I would be suing the Superintendent for physically assaulting and harassing and traumatizing my child. That would put the principal and the superintendent in their place.
