That is a steriously fucked up situation. And what they are creating, are kids who become fed up with such injustice and solve things themselves
No the issue is much deeper than that. It's cowardice, they are teaching kids to be cowards, they themselves are too afraid the issue at it's core and deal with it, they'd rather iron out the visible wrinkles. Because as a teacher you got to document quite a bit to prove your point, and then you need to confront the child, his parents and the administration. Why go through that when little Johnny can punch Mike when he is tired of his shit and Johnny gets suspended. Easy to record, easy to punish, and you didn't have to confront nobody.