This has to be the height of stupidity and insensitivity!

[marion11111]

Replying late on this one, but as always there is more to the story.

http://www.thecoveherald.com/news/story.aspx?s=24645

The boy already received a three-day suspension earlier that day for 
using his cell phone with a friend.  The father calls home at least 
once a week so the school day is not the only time the boy can talk 
to him. The father was calling in resonse to an e-mail his wife had 
sent earlier that week asking him to call his son regarding some 
issues the boy was having with other kids.  The mother went directly 
to the media when the school officials weren't available at the time 
she was picking up her son.  

Yes, he had to serve his suspension.  Student disciplinary records 
are cleared at the end of the school year as a matter of course so 
it will not ruin his life. 

Not sure why the AP said he could take calls and then didn't make 
note of that.  Maybe a miscommunication with the mom? It seems that 
the policy has been altered for this particular boy for the future 
with the school requesting that those calls be for emergancies.  

Maybe the school could have been more sensitive, but since none of 
us were there and there seems to be a lot more going on here, it's 
hard to say.  The school certainly can't talk to the media about the 
kid's behavior history or the mother's complaint history.  It does 
sound like the mother is on the dramatic side and made every effort 
to blow this one up.