Absolutely. Damned if they defend themselves and damned if they do not. More parents need to take legal action against schools, school boards, counties, states, insurance companies that cover schools and individual administrative staff. Where that fails, they should pull their kids out of the school and move to places with better statistics on violent crime in the schools if that is an option. Voting with tax moneys and rewarding the states / counties that are not failing to empower and protect kids.