My teenage son had an influencer in his class. This is what it was like

> By not following or liking a student influencers posts’, kids might be able to change the equation and allow their teachers to focus on teaching instead of competing for their students’ attention.

Sounds nice - but what percent of adults could manage to do that? And the article is about middle school kids.

At some level of disruption, the school district's least-bad option might be to put a de facto toxic influencer into her own school. One student, one teacher. She has a right to an education, not a right to derail the educations of dozens or hundreds of other students.

Middle school is hot garbage, like the author says. But in terms of the Supreme Court case, it is the correct call. Schools have (I forget the legal term) some rights of parents while the kid is on campus/in school which is appropriate. But outside of that, it's up to the kid's parents.

And I don't know the answer to this, but could the bullied kid's parents sue the influencer's parents for the activity of their child for emotional trauma or the like? Or do there need to be 'actual damages'?