The whole situation sounds very odd, and frustrating. I hate how communications with schools are sometimes like a game of telephone - your DD says something, the teacher says something, the principal says something, the counselor says something, another parent says something according to what their kid told them - it's all a mess. So WHO is in charge here - the counselor? The principal? It sounds as like a PP suggested you need to email all of them in order to demand a who what when where, and what you and your DD are supposed to do and why.
The writing down the confession thing is beyond weird. Frankly, I would address that too.

Edited to add that I wouldn't focus on the popcorn issue, but how the whole thing sounds like the forced self criticism in public so beloved by socialist dictatorships. Not appropriate for a kid ONCE shoving another.

Last edited by Tigerle; 04/04/16 11:11 PM.