Willows High Principal Mort Geivett and other district officials did not appear to dispute that the parking space was off school property, but they cited several justifications. One of them was the legal doctrine of in loco parentis — where school officials may act in place of a parent for school functions. [More]In other words, Mort & Co. here think they not only control their inmates who are not directly in their clutches, but based on this, they control them anywhere they happen to be when their parents are not around.
That's pretty loco all right.