I don't think it's impossible that this story is true, nor do I think it's a prank, but I wonder if the original author were pressed for identifying details if they would claim it was an amalgamation of different cases crafted into one "cautionary tale".
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Per the details in the original post, she is employed by a school, and has been suspended and told to not to talk to media until this is over:
http://www.freerangekids.com/boy-11-plays-basketball-in-own-...
And given the steady stream of well-documented, actual and equally ridiculous cases like this on Free Range Kids, I doubt this is a prank.
I don't think it's impossible that this story is true, nor do I think it's a prank, but I wonder if the original author were pressed for identifying details if they would claim it was an amalgamation of different cases crafted into one "cautionary tale".
They want to make an example out of her.