Out of School and Out of Court?

What started as facebook smack and pushing matches on a school bus is ending in a court case. The http://www.wsfa.com/story/15355745/macon-county-schools-bullying-allegations has been lost in translation as court ruled the term "murk" was unclear and therefore the charges could not be vilified. The trend to take a facebook threat to court and not the principal's office is commendable yet my concern is that the outcome might not be as therapeutic as a resourceful talented principal can come up with.