Do you have to reach a certain level of stupid to be a school administrator?

I’m not sure this is a zero tolerance moment since by the Principal’s own admission he can determine discipline based on the circumstances. This smells of engaging stupid and going full bore. A High School student accidentally mistakes her father’s lunchbox for hers and brings a paring knife to school. The knife was found during a search of student belongings. She was suspended for 10 days then the rest of the year. The story doesn’t say she was charged but implies it. She has never been in trouble before. Anyone engaged in this little farce deserves to find themselves unemployed and out on their butts.

Update: She was charged.

Update: Appears the schools administrators dispute the facts as reported in the news and are holding a hearing on the matter. I'm curious to see the outcome, but I think I understand why they went to the press rather than use your appeals process. You had their daughter arrested rather than dealing with the matter administratively.