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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
I asked for your clarification, thank you. I did not propose a strawman.
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You did, actually.
To respond to your strawman, though: the fact is, YES, children have no legal rights before the age of 18. They have a great number of protections under the law, but whatever rights they're granted are an extension of the their parents' rights. Them's the laws.
In the case of schools, while they have custody of the children their responsibilities
in loco parentis entitle them to (to say it as crudely as the OP did) force them to perform community service. As regards the law, it's perfectly legal.