How many people here even read what they type? A frightening number of the responses here have turned this whole situation into the teachers fault. Or that that the girl was arrested for texting. And I hear so much of the "good Parents" here stating how they'll sue or worse if if a teacher attempts to correct their child. Is this really the state we've gotten to? The Girl was arrested for lying to police, the police were called because the girl would not stop doing something she knew was wrong, and was asked to stop. Would somebody/anybody explain to me how that magically becomes the teachers fault. Yes I am all for corporal punishment in the classroom, if any of my kids step out of line I would like to know that somebody has the authority to "guide" them back onto the right path. I have even read one person on here state that it is the schools job to teach, and the parents to punish. If more parents would punish the children, and set actual boundries then situations like this would be rare, instead they are actually quite commonplace. For those of you parents that actually do, my hats off to you, and I'm willing to bet when there are issues at the school, its not your child. To the rest of you that have the "my child can do no wrong and I'll sue anybody that say so" attitude, think about this, that girls father probably thought the same thing.
And for goodness sake for those of you that are challenged in the way of good sense, pleading the 5th is a constitutional right, lying to the Police is a crime.