Reply #47: The father had cleared it with the assistant principal.

[MiniMe]

So technically, the kid wasn't breaking school rules. Perhaps the assistant principal should have told him to call the school office and they would pull the boy out of class, but I imagine that the time the soldiers have to call is limited and he may have used up all his time waiting for the office to track down the son.

I agree with the policy of no cell phones in school in general, but as with everything else, exceptions should be made at times. As long as the son wasn't abusing it and taking calls from others and saying it was his dad, I think this should be one of those exceptions.