>I think it depends, in this case, on what the school institution is
>for. In some
>communities, they really may act like more of a prison or at least a
>high security day care.
It's true that there is a lot of scandalous "security" activity going on at schools and related increases in suspensions. This has come to be called the school to prison pipeline, meaning harsher treatment of minor incidents results in a kind of fast-track to arrest in imprisonment once you're thrown out of school.
But I don't see how it follows that not going to school is the solution. The more obvious answer is get the cops out of the schools.