So, the great crime that this kid committed was to text in class? I agree that students should not be using their phones in class, but it is difficult to imagine that this degree of escalation was necessary. I sympathize with classroom teachers enormously, but surely this could have been handled better. Was this really the hill he wanted to die on? Could he not have said something like, “By texting in class, the only person you are harming is yourself,” and then continued instruction? Talked to her after class?
What did the resource officer have to offer that the teacher–and administrator-- didn’t to solve the problem? His gun and brute force.
When I was in HS I had a math class that was so boring I used to see how long I could hold my breath, watching the clock, to make time pass. Luckily the teacher could not demand that I breathe or leave the class. B-)