Well, since this is local for me as well, you can imagine that lots of people around here are talking about it.
I can a few things with certainty... if I behaved liked that when I was that age, my father would have spanked my ass so hard, I'd still be feeling it.
If I did that now, as an adult, my father would still kick my ass.
If I did that as an 80 yr old man, my father would rise from the grave and kick my ass.
I know this with certainty. but then, my father laid down some clear guidelines on how I should behave. If I stayed within those guidelines (which was easy to do. they weren't strict), then life was great. if I placed even a toe over the line he made life miserable.
Either one of my grandmothers at this ladies age would have turned into a banshee at seeing that sort of behavoir, let alone had it directed at them. My father's mother was well known for her lightning fast hand. I strongly suspect that she would have used it on the parents at the school board hearing over the fact she yelled at their precious darlings.
congratulations! The Nanny State that has been taking over parenting hasn't done a very good job of it. See video exhibit A.